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1 online resource (xxii, 178 pages) |
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Foreword -- Preface -- The liberty of servants and the liberty of citizens -- The court system -- The signs of servitude -- The prerequisites of servitude -- The path to freedom |
| Summary |
Italy is a country of free political institutions, yet it has become a nation of servile courtesans, with Silvio Berlusconi as their prince. This is the controversial argument that Italian political philosopher and noted Machiavelli biographer Maurizio Viroli puts forward in The Liberty of Servants. Drawing upon the classical republican conception of liberty, Viroli shows that a people can be unfree even though they are not oppressed. This condition of unfreedom arises as a consequence of being subject to the arbitrary or enormous power of men like Berlusconi, who presides over Italy with his |
| Notes |
Originally published in Italian under the title: La liberta dei servi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Berlusconi, Silvio, 1936-2023
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Berlusconi, Silvio, 1936-
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Berlusconi, Silvio, 1936- fast |
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Political corruption -- Italy
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Social ethics -- Italy
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Political ethics -- Italy
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Liberty.
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Freedom
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freedom.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
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Liberty
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Political corruption
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Political ethics
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Politics and government
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Social ethics
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Italy -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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Italy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shugaar, Antony.
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| ISBN |
9781400840274 |
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1400840279 |
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1283267470 |
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9781283267472 |
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9786613267474 |
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6613267473 |
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