Flattery and the History of Political Thought - That Glib and Oily Art
This book focuses on a key topic in the history of political thought: flattery. Enriching contemporary discussions of rhetoric, democratic theory, republicanism, and representation, it discusses Cicero, Pliny, Castiglione, Hobbes, Mandeville, Smith, and the Federalist Papers, while engaging scholarship from classics, political theory, history, and rhetoric.
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