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Machiavelli’s Ethics challenges the most entrenched understandings of Machiavelli, arguing that he was a moral and political philosopher who consistently favored the rule of law over that of men, tha …

Really Existing Nationalisms challenges the conventional view that Marx and Engels lacked the theoretical resources needed to understand nationalism. It argues that the two thinkers had a much better …

Why did Machiavelli write the Prince – and why did religious and political authorities find it so threatening? Five hundred years on, this book tries to answer these questions. In the first detailed, …

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GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS‘ ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN 2017’A ripping read … fascinating, charming, enjoyably unorthodox‘ Daily Telegraph Was Niccol Mac …

“Remarkable, engaging.… Be Like the Fox can be read with pleasure by anyone interested in the craft of politics and the life of ideas.”—New York Times Book Review In the five hundred years since …

‚Sparkling . . . a page-turner full of wit, original insight and unassuming erudition‘ Guardian’Enjoyable vitality‘ The Times’Highly stimulating . . . wonderfully readable . . . her analysis of democ …

This is an exceptional moment for democracy. In the year of elections, read Margaret Atwood, Mary Beard, Lea Ypi, Elif Shafak and more on what democracy means – and why it matters. In 2024, nearly ha …

Optimismus statt Pessimismus. Nicht den Tod der Demokratie beschwören, sondern ihre Anfänge betrachten. Durch die Brille einer Frau, einer Philosophin, einer ‚Ausländerin‘, die auf fünf Kontinenten z …