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Rethinking Medieval and Renaissance Political Thought
This collection of essays, written by leading experts, showcases historiographical problems, fresh interpretations, and new debates in medieval and Renaissance history and political thought. Recent scholarship on medieval and Renaissance political thought is witness to tectonic movements. These involve quiet, yet considerable, re-evaluations of key thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas and Machiavelli, as well as the string of lesser known "political thinkers" who wrote in western Europe between Late Antiquity and the Reformation. Taking stock of thirty years of developments, this volume demonstrates the contemporary vibrancy of the history of medieval and Renaissance political thought. By both ce...
Holocaust Memory and the Cold War
Even before World War II had ended, survivors, historians, writers, and artists tried to make sense of the Holocaust. To do so, they relied on belief systems and narratives that, as the bloc confrontation intensified, were increasingly shaped by Cold War thinking. Foregrounding the Cold War’s role in shaping Holocaust memory, this book highlights how the global conflict between East and West influenced research, legal proceedings, and collective as well as individual memories of the murder of European Jews. Contributions focusing on different parts of the world reveal commonalities, differences, and entanglements between Eastern and Western memories of the Holocaust. Examining Holocaust me...
Constituting Freedom
Constituting Freedom focuses on the question at the heart of Machiavelli's thinking, that is 'in what mode a free state, if there is one, can be maintained in corrupt cities; or, if there is not, in what mode to order it?' The book analyses the different solutions thought up by Machiavelli, starting from the hypothesis of the 'civil principality', the definition of the republican ' civil and free way of life' and the examination of the history of the Florentine institutions, to two short writings during the years 1520-1522, the Discursus florentinarum rerum and the Minuta di provisione per la riforma dello Stato di Firenze, in which Machiavelli explored publicly, for the first time, his proj...
A Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797
The field of Venetian studies has experienced a significant expansion in recent years, and the Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797 provides a single volume overview of the most recent developments. It is organized thematically and covers a range of topics including political culture, economy, religion, gender, art, literature, music, and the environment. Each chapter provides a broad but comprehensive historical and historiographical overview of the current state and future directions of research. The Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797 represents a new point of reference for the next generation of students of early modern Venetian studies, as well as more broadly for scholars work...
Byron and the Discourses of History
In her study of the relationship between Byron’s lifelong interest in historical matters and the development of history as a discipline, Carla Pomarè focuses on drama (the Venetian plays, The Deformed Transformed), verse narrative (The Siege of Corinth, Mazeppa) and dramatic monologue (The Prophecy of Dante), calling attention to their interaction with historiographical and pseudo-historiographical texts ranging from monographs to dictionaries, collections of apophthegms, autobiographies and prophecies. This variety of discourses, Pomarè suggests, not only served as a source of the historical information Byron cherished, providing the subject matter for countless episodes in his works, b...
Machiavelli in the Spanish-Speaking Atlantic World, 1880-1940
Combining historiography and political theory, this book compares different strands of Machiavelli's reception in South and North America, and between Hispanic America and Spain. It provides new insight into Machiavelli's writings and how they have been read in different contexts. The book analyses these readings focusing on some specific themes including: the relationship between politics and morals; the links between political power and freedom; debates about political realism; reflections on liberalism and republicanism; and conceptions of time and history. The book argues that Machiavelli had a significant impact on both liberal and anti-liberal authors from Argentina and Spain. For liberals, he represented a synonym of tyranny but also, in opposite way, he had offered a synthesis between republicanism and liberalism. For anti-liberals, he was associated with Modernity and liberalism.
The complete works of Voltaire
Part of the complete works of the French philosopher, historian and social reformer, Voltaire. Contains writings relating to the situation in Geneva in the mid 1760s. For students and scholars of the 18th-century Enlightenment.
States of Violence
New 'states of violence' are changing how we think about war and peace, as terrorists attacks, insurgencies, precision missiles, and a belief that conflict can avoid casualties all demonstrate a shift of focus from the state to the individual.
Les criminels dangereux
La problématique du crime et des criminels dangereux a pris une importance considérable au cours des dernières décennies. On constate une nette augmentation du nombre des infractions les plus graves, en particulier les infractions relevant de la criminalité organisée et du terrorisme, ainsi que les infractions sexuelles, liées aux stupéfiants, et la traite des êtres humains. De plus en plus de pays en Europe et dans le monde cherchent à répondre à la menace croissante de ce type de criminalité et à protéger leurs sociétés contre les criminels dangereux. Un des effets de sa montée en puissance est le renforcement de l'idéologie de la peur sans frontières et de la société du risque.
Rome et l'histoire
Le mythe de Rome charrie d'éternels fantasmes, qui sont exploités à Cinecittà comme à Hollywood par la féconde veine du péplum, qui revivifie l'épopée en la représentant. "Qu'est-ce que Rome" quand l'écran s'en saisit, question lancinante qui hante les trois films ici interrogés : Spartacus, La Chute de l'Empire romain et Gladiator ?
