The Liberty of Servants : : Berlusconi's Italy / / Maurizio Viroli.
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....
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Viroli, Maurizio, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Liberty of Servants : Berlusconi's Italy / Maurizio Viroli. With a New introduction by the author Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2011] ©2012 1 online resource (208 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. The Liberty of Servants and the Liberty of Citizens -- 2. The Court System -- 3. The Signs of Servitude -- 4. The Prerequisites of Servitude -- 5. The Path to Freedom -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 control of government and the media, immense wealth, and infamous lack of self-restraint. Challenging our most cherished notions about liberty, Viroli argues that even if a power like Berlusconi's has been established in the most legitimate manner and people are not denied their basic rights, the mere existence of such power makes those subject to it unfree. Most Italians, following the lead of their elites, lack the minimal moral qualities of free people, such as respect for the Constitution, the willingness to obey laws, and the readiness to discharge civic duties. As Viroli demonstrates, they exhibit instead the characteristics of servility, including flattery, blind devotion to powerful men, an inclination to lie, obsession with appearances, imitation, buffoonery, acquiescence, and docility. Accompanying these traits is a marked arrogance that is apparent among not only politicians but also ordinary citizens. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021) Liberty. Political corruption Italy. Political ethics Italy. Power (Social sciences) Italy. Social ethics Italy. POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Italian history. Italian mores. Italy. Silvio Berlusconi. arbitrary power. arrogance. blind devotion. citizens. court system. court. cynicism. dependency. domination. fear. indifference. liberty. political liberty. powerful men. republican liberty. safety. security. self-respect. servants. servility. servitude. signore. subjects. superior power. unfreedom. Shugaar, Antony. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691151823 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400840274?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400840274 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400840274.jpg |
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