| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
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1. Benincasa and Polegato, Introduction to Machiavelli Pop -- 2. Francesco Rosetti, The Metaphysics of Power: from Machiavellis Portraits to Pop Art. -- 3. Simone Bregni, Unarmed prophets have always been destroyed, whereas armed prophets have succeeded: Machiavellis Portrayal in the Assassins Creed Series -- 4. Georgia M. Roberts, Makaveli Rap: Machiavellis Influence on Tupac Shakurs Final Album* -- 5. Simone Testa, Machiavelli Comix & Marco De Luca, The Two Renaissances of the Florentine Niccolo Machiavelli -- 6. Fabio Benincasa, Ghosts of Machiavelli in the Italian Political Cinema -- 7. Giacomo Tagliani, Invisible Ends Justify Secret Means : Homeland, Machiavelli, and the Least of All Possible Evils -- 8. Andrea Polegato, The Secret of Command: House of Cards between Machiavelli, Shakespeare, and Francis Bacon -- 9. William Landon, Donald Trump, Niccolo Machiavelli, the Establishment and the People: Words of Advice and Warning from The Prince |
| Summary |
There is an undeniable and persisting fascination with Niccolo Machiavelli and his infamous political theories in contemporary pop culture. Many comic books, video games, TV series, movies, and graphic novels make explicit or implicit references to the most infamous political thinker of all-time. By offering the reader an idea of how Machiavelli is present and represented in contemporary media (in particular, in Assassins Creed, House of Cards, Homeland, pop art, American and Italian politics, Italian cinema, and Trumps rise to power), Machiavelli in Contemporary Media gives new life to Machiavellian thought and shows how his theoriesbut also the several different interpretations of them (Machiavellianism)are still influential today. Andrea Polegato is Assistant Professor in Italian Studies at California State University, Fresno, USA. He works on the political language of Niccolo Machiavelli and Florence between the Quattrocento and Cinquecento. His publications include articles on Machiavelli, Pietro Aretino, and the Italian filmmaker Ermanno Olmi. He is also working on a comparison between Renaissance Italy and Ancient China. Fabio Benincasa is Adjunct Professor for Duquesne University Rome Campus and Universita Nicola Cusano, Italy. As well as several essays on cinema, he co-edited Come rovesciare il mondo ad arte (2015) with Giorgio de Finis and Andrea Facchi, and with de Finis Nome plurale di citta (2016) and Il mondo degli umani si e fermato (2020). He is editor of Frontiere della Psicoanalisi and has collaborated with the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 -- In mass media
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Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 -- In literature
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| SUBJECT |
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527 fast |
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Machiavellianism (Psychology)
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Machiavellianism
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Literature
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Machiavellianism (Psychology)
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Mass media
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Polegato, Andrea, editor.
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Benincasa, Fabio, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783030738235 |
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303073823X |
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