The Political calculus
Subtitle: essays on Machiavelli's philosophy.
By: Edited by Anthony Parel.
Contributors: Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.; Parel, Anthony, ed.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1972
Place of publication: [Toronto]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 -- Political and social views.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Essays originally presented at the University of Calgary to mark the five hundredth anniversary of Machiavelli's birth.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction: Machiavelli's method and his interpreters, by A. Parel.; title: 2. Machiavelli's humanism of action, by N. Wood.; title: 3. Machiavelli's thoughts on the psyche and society, by D. Germino.; title: 4. Success and knowledge in Machiavelli, by A. Kontos.; title: 5. Necessity in the beginnings of cities, by H. Mansfield.; title: 6. The concept of fortuna in Machiavelli, by T. Flanagan.; title: 7. In search of Machiavellian virtu, by J. Plamenatz.; title: 8. Machiavelli minore, by A. Parel.; title: 9. The relevance of Machiavelli to contemporary world politics, by A. D'Amato.