From Politics to Reason of State The Acquisition and Transformation of the Language of Politics, 1250-1600 |
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Author:
| Viroli, Maurizio |
Contribution by:
| Daston, Lorraine Ross, Dorothy Skinner, Quentin Tully, James |
Series title: | Ideas in Context Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-41493-7 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1992 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $126.00 |
Book Description:
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This book examines the radical transformation in the language of politics which took place between the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century. For three centuries politics enjoyed the status of the noblest human science, but it emerged from this 'revolution of politics' as an ignoble and sordid activity.
This book examines the radical transformation in the language of politics which took place between the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century. For three centuries politics enjoyed the status of the noblest human science, but it emerged from this 'revolution of politics' as an ignoble and sordid activity.