Fortune is a woman
Subtitle: gender and politics in the thought of Niccolò Machiavelli : with a new afterword
By: Hanna Fenichel Pitkin.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
Subjects: Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.; Autonomy (Psychology); Gender identity.; Sex role.
Description: "Hanna Pitkin's study of Machiavelli was the first to place gender systematically at the center of its exploration of his political thought. Rife with contradictions, Machiavelli's writings have led commentators to characterize him as everything from a civic republican to a proto-fascist.

Acknowledging these contradictions, Pitkin shows that they reflect three distinct ways of thinking about politics, each of which is tied to a different understanding of "manhood." In a new Afterword, Pitkin discusses the book's critical reception and situates its arguments in the context of recent interpretations of Machiavelli's thought."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1984.