Machiavelli's New Modes and Orders
Subtitle: A Study of the Discourses on Livy
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: April 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780226503707
Subjects: Political science & theory; Renaissance & Humanist philosophy; Ancient - Rome; History & Surveys - Medieval; Political; Philosophy / Political; Philosophy; 1469-1527; 1469-1527.; Ab urbe condita; Discorsi sopra la prima deca d; Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio; Early works to 1800; Livy.; Machiavelli, Niccolo,; Machiavelli, Niccoláo,; Political science
First sentence: The first proemium or preface introduces Book I, not the whole work; there is another preface to Book II that differs pronouncedly from this one, but none to Book III, for which we no longer need one.
Description: "In the only full-length interpretive study of Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy, Harvey C. Mansfield provides a chapter-by-chapter commentary of this controversial and ambiguous work. Mansfield argues that Machiavelli's new modes and orders were intended to undermine the classical and Christian foundations of political philosophy and establish a new foundation not only for modern political philosophy, but for modern politics as well.".

"This study, wrought by one of Machiavelli's interpreters, uncovers the hidden intricacies of the Discourses. It will inform and challenge its readers at every step."--BOOK JACKET.