TY  - BOOK
AU  - William J. Landon
PY  - 2021
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Politics, Patriotism and Language
T2  - Niccolò Machiavelli’s «Secular Patria» and the Creation of an Italian National Identity
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1100308
N2  - Niccolò Machiavelli may not have been a cynical realist as he is often portrayed. On the contrary, this book argues that he precociously possessed the characteristics of an impassioned, sometimes misguided idealist, obsessed with the idea of Italian unification, but blinded to the practicalities of attaining that goal. William J. Landon suggests that these characteristics may help to explain his appeal to Italy’s «Risorgimento» founders. This interdisciplinary volume, which also contains the first translation of a «Discourse or Dialogue Concerning our Language» since 1961, works well as a core text, or as a complement to courses in Renaissance history, literature or political science.
KW  - Il principe, Nationalism /Italy, Machiavelli /Principe, Philosophy To 1500, Machiavelli, Niccolò, Political science /Italy, Contributions political science
LA  - English
ER  -