内容简介
AnewtranslationoftheinfamousRenaissanceclassic,inastrikingdeluxeedition
Theoriginalblueprintforrealpolitik,ThePrinceshockedsixteenth-centuryEuropewithitsadvocacyofruthlesstacticsforgainingabsolutepoweranditsabandonmentofconventionalmorality.Forthistreatiseonstatecraft,MachiavellidrewuponhisownexperienceofofficeundertheturbulentFlorentinerepublic,rejectingtraditionalvaluesofpoliticaltheoryandrecognizingthecomplicated,transientnatureofpoliticallife.Concernednotwithloftyideals,butwitharegimethatwouldlast,thisseminalworkofmodernpoliticalthoughtretainsitspowertoalarmandtoinstruct.
作者简介
NicolòMachiavelli(1469-1527)wasaFlorentinestatesmanwhowaslaterforcedoutofpubliclife.Hethendevotedhimselftostudyingandwritingpoliticalphilosophy,history,fiction,anddrama.
TimParksstudiedatCambridgeandHarvard,andmovedtoItalyin1980.HistranslationsfromtheItalianincludeworksbyAlbertoMoravia,ItaloCalvino,RobertoCalasso,andAntonioTabucchi.