Fortune Is a Woman: Gender and Politics in the Thought of Niccolo Machiavelli
- ISBN-10
- 0226669920
- ISBN-13
- 9780226669922
- Series
- Fortune Is a Woman
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 374
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-10-15
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Author
- Hanna Fenichel Pitkin
Description
"Hanna Pitkin's study of Machiavelli was the first to place gender systematically at the center of its exploration of his political thought. Rife with contradictions, Machiavelli's writings have led commentators to characterize him as everything from a civic republican to a proto-fascist. Acknowledging these contradictions, Pitkin shows that they reflect three distinct ways of thinking about politics, each of which is tied to a different understanding of "manhood." In a new Afterword, Pitkin discusses the book's critical reception and situates its arguments in the context of recent interpretations of Machiavelli's thought."--Jacket.
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