The liberty of servants
Subtitle: Berlusconi's Italy
By: Maurizio Viroli ; translated by Antony Shugaar with a new preface by the author
Contributors: Shugaar, Antony
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Princeton, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780691151823
Subjects: Politics and government; Political corruption; Social ethics; Liberty; Political ethics
Work titles: Libertà dei servi
Description: Italy is a country of free political institutions, yet it has become a nation of servile courtesans, with Silvio Berlusconi as their prince. Drawing upon the republican conception of liberty, this title shows that a people can be unfree even though they are not oppressed.
Notes: Originally published in Italian under the title: La liberta dei servi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface; title: The liberty of servants and the liberty of citizens; title: The court system; title: The signs of servitude; title: The prerequisites of servitude; title: The path to freedom.