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From Politics to Reason of State

The Acquisition and Transformation of the Language of Politics 1250-1600

From Politics to Reason of State( )
Author: Viroli, Maurizio
Contribution by: Skinner, Quentin
Daston, Lorraine
Ross, Dorothy
Tully, James
Series title:Ideas in Context Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-67343-3
Publication Date:Jun 2005
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $29.99
Book Description:

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.

Book Details
Pages:344
Detailed Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.928 x 8.931 x 0.78 Inches
Book Weight:1.19 Pounds
Author Biography
Viroli, Maurizio (Author)
Maurizio Viroli is the author of numerous works in political theory and of a study of Machiavelli's political philosophy. A professor of politics at Princeton University, he lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and Forli, Italy.

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