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The liberty of servants : Berlusconi's Italy /
"Italy is a country of free political institutions, yet it has become a nation of servile courtesans, with Silvio Berlusconi as their prince. This is the controversial argument that Italian political philosopher and noted Machiavelli biographer Maurizio Viroli puts forward in The Liberty of Ser...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Italiano |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Italy is a country of free political institutions, yet it has become a nation of servile courtesans, with Silvio Berlusconi as their prince. This is the controversial argument that Italian political philosopher and noted Machiavelli biographer Maurizio Viroli puts forward in The Liberty of Servants. Drawing upon the classical republican conception of liberty, Viroli shows that a people can be unfree even though they are not oppressed"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Notas: | Originally published in Italian under the title: La liberta dei servi. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 178 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400840274 1400840279 |