Format:
1 online resource (217 pages)
ISBN:
9780472025282
Series Statement:
Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World Ser.
Content:
An in-depth look at how Renaissance reading practices set the basis for Enlightenment political criticism.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- 1. Political Theory as Textual Criticism -- 2. How to Teach Kings to Read History: Humanist Culture and the Disenchantment of Absolutist Power -- 3. Political Power in the Archives: From Reason of State to Critical History -- 4. In the Workshop of Politics: Amelot de La Houssaye and the Methods of Unmasking Venice -- 5. How to Read a Subversive: Decoding Reason of State of the Self -- 6. The Machiavellian Reformation: Critical Technologies of Reading and the Culture of Personal Prudence -- 7. An Enlightened Prince Reads Machiavelli, and a Philosophe Publishes The Prince -- Notes -- Catalog of Works by Abraham-Nicolas Amelot de La Houssaye -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780472033430
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780472033430
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3414767
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