In Machiavelliana Michael Jackson and Damian Grace offer a comprehensive study of the uses and abuses of Niccolo Machiavelli's name in society generally and in academic fields distant from his intellectual origins. It assesses the appropriation of Machiavelli in didactic works in management, social psychology, and primatology, scholarly texts in leaderships studies, as well as novels, plays, commercial enterprises, television dramas, operas, rap music, Mach IV scales, children's books, and more. The book audits, surveys, examines, and evaluates this Machiavelliana against wider claims about Machiavelli. It explains the origins of Machiavelli's reputation and the spread of his fame as the foundation for the many uses and misuses of his name. They conclude by redressing the most persistent distortions of Machiavelli.
- ISBN10 9004365478
- ISBN13 9789004365476
- Publish Date 28 June 2018 (first published 5 June 2018)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Paperback
- Pages 344
- Language English
- URL brill.com/product_id4004316