{"product_id":"evil-lords-theories-and-representations-of-tyranny-from-antiquity-to-the-renaissance-9780199394852","title":"Evil Lords: Theories and Representations of Tyranny from Antiquity to the Renaissance","description":"\u003cem\u003eEvil Lords\u003c\/em\u003e uses the prism of bad rule or tyranny to enhance our understanding of political discourse from the ancient world to the Renaissance, elucidating premodern notions of sovereignty as well as the relation between ethics and politics, the individual and society, power, and propaganda.\u003cbr\u003eEleven chapters present case studies exploring Hebrew, Graeco-Roman, Byzantine, early, high and late medieval, and Renaissance conceptions and representations of bad or tyrannical government. Since bad rule is always a perversion of the norm, its shifting conceptualizations shed light on\u003cbr\u003ehistorically specific assessments of what constitutes acceptable and legitimate political behavior. Meanwhile, political debate also reflects specific power structures, authorial intent, and audience expectations. Each of the essays, therefore, examines bad rule and its agents within the ideological\u003cbr\u003eframeworks and societal patterns of the respective periods, thereby painting a picture of historical and intellectual change. Despite these often profound variations, however, the volume also shows that it is meaningful to think of a Western tradition of tyranny in the premodern world that derived\u003cbr\u003efrom shared roots in Classical and biblical thought and was further defined by ongoing cross-fertilization spanning two millennia. Thus, \u003cem\u003eEvil Lords\u003c\/em\u003e offers scholars and students of Western political theory, history, and literature a critical framework through which to revisit the \u003cem\u003elongue durée\u003c\/em\u003e of\u003cbr\u003epremodern political reflection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nikos Panou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199394852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNikos Panou\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Peter V. Tsantes Endowed Professor in Hellenic Studies, SUNY Stony Brook. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHester Schadee\u003c\/strong\u003e is Lecturer in European History at the University of Exeter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39934215749747,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":76.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_65f51a6a-41b4-4b69-9674-625e11f5a790.jpg?v=1647877966","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/evil-lords-theories-and-representations-of-tyranny-from-antiquity-to-the-renaissance-9780199394852","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}