Overview
Offers a brief and accessible intellectual history of tyranny, useful for reflection on the current political climate
Features historical analyses of tyranny from both well-known and lesser-known writers, along with a brief biography of each
Appeals to students and scholars of history, political science, and political philosophy
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Antique Understandings of Tyranny
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Three Medieval Commentators on Tyranny
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Recovering Plato and Aristotle on Tyranny in the Renaissance
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Book Title: Tyranny from Ancient Greece to Renaissance France
Authors: Orest Ranum
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43185-3
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-43184-6Published: 29 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-43187-7Published: 29 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-43185-3Published: 28 May 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 178
Topics: Classical Studies, Political History, Political Philosophy, Intellectual Studies