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  • Machiavelli

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Cary J. Nederman ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    Liberal thinker or immoral pragmatist? You decide…Machiavelli has been among the most commented upon, criticized and feared thinkers of the modern world. Infamous for his support of brutality and repression as valid political instruments, he is often portrayed as the pantomime villain of political theorists. In this whirlwind tour of Machiavelli’s writings and eventful life, Nederman highlights ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Medieval Aristotelianism and its Limits

    Classical Traditions in Moral and Political Philosophy, 12th–15th Centuries

    by Cary J. Nederman ...
    Series series Variorum Collected Studies
    This volume deals with the development of moral and political philosophy in the medieval West. Professor Nederman is concerned to trace the continuing influence of classical ideas, but emphasises that the very diversity and diffuseness of medieval thought shows that there is no single scheme that can account for the way these ideas were received, disseminated and reformulated by medieval ethical ... Read more

    $107.99 CAD

  • The Bonds of Humanity

    Cicero’s Legacies in European Social and Political Thought, ca. 1100–ca. 1550

    by Cary J. Nederman ...
    Of the great philosophers of pagan antiquity, Marcus Tullius Cicero is the only one whose ideas were continuously accessible to the Christian West following the collapse of the Roman Empire. Yet, in marked contrast with other ancient philosophers, Cicero has largely been written out of the historical narrative on early European political thought, and the reception of his ideas has barely been ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Rope and the Chains

    Machiavelli’s Early Thought and Its Transformations

    by Cary Joseph Nederman ...
    Niccolò Machiavelli counts among the most famous (and infamous) political authors in the history of Western political thought, primarily on account of his book the Prince. Before he wrote that notorious treatise, however, he served for fourteen years as a prominent and active civil administrator in the government of the Republic of Florence. Removed from office in 1512, following a take-over by ... Read more

    $105.49 CAD

  • Thomas Becket

    An Intimate Portrait

    by Nederman, Cary J.; Bollermann, Karen ...
    Recounts the life and career of St. Thomas Becket as viewed through the eyes of his lifelong associate, John of Salisbury. ... Read more

    $38.42 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Machiavelli

    An Audio Guide

    by Cary Nederman ...
    Narrated by Paul English ...
    Series series Bolinda Beginner Guides

    Unabridged

    5 hours 2 min

    Machiavelli has been among the most commented upon, criticised and feared thinkers of the modern world. Infamous for his support of brutality and repression as valid political instruments, he is often portrayed as the pantomime villain of political theorists. In this whirlwind tour of Machiavelli’s writings and eventful life, Nederman highlights the complexities in his thought, showing that he ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Medieval Political Theory: A Reader

    The Quest for the Body Politic 1100-1400

    Edited by Kate Langdon Forhan, Cary Joseph Nederman ...
    A textbook anthology of important works of political thought revealing the development of ideas from the 12th to the 15th centuries. Includes new translations of both well-known and ignored writers, and an introductory overview. ... Read more

    $126.41 CAD

  • Cosmopolitanism and Its Discontents

    Rethinking Politics in the Age of Brexit and Trump

    by Lee Ward, Lee Ward, Nicholas Aroney, Paul Gray, Zsolt Kapelner, Simon Kennedy, Paul Kirkland, Zoltan Miklosi, José Daniel Parra, Cary Nederman, Carl Scott0, John Scott1, Michel Seymour2, Vasileios Syros3, Ann Ward4, Claudia Wiesner5, Jeffrey Church6 ...
    Series series Political Theory for Today
    Cosmopolitanism is one of the most venerable intellectual traditions in the history of political philosophy. From the ancient Greek Diogenes’ claim to be “a citizen of the world” through to Kant’s Enlightenment vision of a world government and even into our own time, the idea of cosmopolitanism has stirred the moral imagination of many throughout history. Arguably the Brexit referendum result and ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Instilling Ethics

    by Stephen Salkever, Cary Nederman, Jeff Macy, Vickie Sullivan, Clifford Orwin, Susan Neiman, Dwight Allman, Stephen R.L. Clark, Stephen K. White, Louis A. Ruprecht Jr., Glenn Harlan Reynolds, Carrol William Westfall, Michael J. Fischer, Stephanie Nelson, Walter Nicgorski ...
    Instilling Ethics casts a fresh light on both the historical sources and the contemporary issues of a major preoccupation of our time: ethics. Norma Thompson has compiled essays from prominent scholars in a wide-range of disciplines to address the problems, pretensions, and positive potentialities of ethical practices today. Instilling Ethics offers a new way of connecting today's ethics to the ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

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    Aristotle: Your Guide to Citizen Virtue

    by Cary Nederman ...
    Narrated by Cary Nederman ...
    Series series Learn25: Biographies

    Unabridged

    4 hours 54 min

    How can Aristotle help you become a better person? In this course by award-winning teacher and leading Aristotle expert Prof. Cary J. Nederman (Ph.D., York University), you will become a more ethical person as you explore Aristotelian thought.The word “politics” is an often-controversial term in our day, conjuring associations with partisanship and subterfuge. But as conceived by the ancient ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Aristocratic Voices

    Forgotten Arguments about Virtue, Authority, and Inequality

    by Matthew T. Cantirino, John Farrenkopf, Michael P. Federici, Michael P. Harding, Grant Havers, Scott J. Irving, Rachel Hawks, Patrick Macfarlane, Cary Joseph Nederman, Mark Shiffman, Steven Waldorf, Luke C. Sheahan, Derek D. Turner ...
    Series series Political Theory for Today
    In the 21st century, political debates appear to center on fundamental conflicts between “the people” and “elites.” Most of these discussions emphasize strategies to protect and empower the oppressed masses against a predatory ruling class. Much of classical political thought, however, was written from an aristocratic point of view: that is, it ascribed paramount importance to the question of ... Read more

    $142.19 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Nature, Goodness, and God: The History of Natural Law Theory

    by Cary Nederman ...
    Narrated by Cary Nederman ...
    Series series Learn25: Philosophy

    Unabridged

    4 hours 54 min

    How do we discern good and evil, just and unjust, virtue and vice? What role does reason play in morality?With roots in Greco-Roman antiquity, natural law—the idea that human nature is guided by certain universal principles—has been a cornerstone of Western moral and political thought for centuries. Over the course of 12 lectures, award-winning professor Cary J. Nederman (Ph.D., York University in ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus