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Machiavelli in love; the modern politics of love and fear. (reprint, 2006).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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Machiavelli in love; the modern politics of love and fear. (reprint, 2006)
Patapan, Haig.
Lexington Books
2008
171 pages
$26.95
Paperback
BD436
The key to what modernity is, argues Patapan (politics and public policy, Griffith U., Brisbane), is its understanding of love. He contends that the modern reformulation of classical eros and Christian agape and caritas accounts for significant aspects of modern political thought and practice. It all goes back to Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), modernity's own Adam.
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