(Un)Masking the Realities of Power: Justus Lipsius and the Dynamics of Political Writing in Early Modern Europe - Couverture rigide

 
9789004191280: (Un)Masking the Realities of Power: Justus Lipsius and the Dynamics of Political Writing in Early Modern Europe
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9004191283 ISBN 13 : 9789004191280
Editeur : Brill, 2010

Synopsis

Starting from Justus Lipsius's Monita et exempla politica (1605), this book offers a collection of essays dealing with the disputed Macchiavellian, Tacitean or Neostoic character of Lipsius's political thought, and its impact on the dynamics of political discourse in Early Modern Europe.

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À propos de l'auteur

Erik De Bom, Ph.D. in Classics (2009), Catholic University of Leuven, has published on intellectual history, the history of political thought and Neo-Latin literature. Focus laid on political writings, their different genres and translations, and various authors such as Justus Lipsius, Carolus Scribani, Nicolaus Vernulaeus and Johannes a Chokier. Marijke Janssens, Ph.D. in Classics (2009), Catholic University of Leuven, prepared a critical edition with English translation of Lipsius's Monita et exempla politica. She published on classical and Neo-Latin literature, ancient, medieval and Early Modern philosophy (especially Stoicism), rhetoric and intellectual history. Toon Van Houdt, Ph.D in Classics (1999), teaches Latin and reception studies in the Department of Literature of the Catholic University of Leuven. His research focuses on late scholastic and humanist moral and political thought, as well as on Jesuit emblem literature. Jan Papy, Ph.D. in Classics (1992) and MA in Philosophy (1996), is Research Professor of Neo-Latin at the Catholic University of Leuven. He has published on Italian humanism, Humanism in the Low Countries, Intellectual History and Renaissance Philosophy in the Low Countries.

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004191283
ISBN 13 
9789004191280
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
364
Éditeur
Bom Erik De, Janssens Marijke, Houdt Toon Van, Papy Jan
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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