Product Description: This volume establishes Nietzsche s importance as a political philosopher. The introduction and eighteen chapters cover Nietzsche s own political thought, its relation to ethics and morality, his methodology, the historical context, and his influence on subsequent thought...read more

Product Description: English summary: How Niccolo Machiavelli is to be understood is still passionately argued today. The many facets of his political thought correspond to the diversity of perspectives among his interpreters. The authors of this interdisciplinary volume analyze Machiavelli's works in connection with transformations of thought on policy, rule and morality from the beginning of the early modern period through to the present...read more