In political theory and philosophy, the term 'republicanism'is generally used in two different,
but closely related, senses. In the first sense, republicanism refers to a loose tradition or …

Flattery is an often overlooked political phenomenon, even though it has interested thinkers
from classical Athens to eighteenth-century America. Drawing a distinction between …

A new account of the birth of the West through its birthplace--Renaissance Italy The period
between 1492--resonant for a number of reasons--and 1571, when the Ottoman navy was …

Castiglione's Book of the Courtier (Il libro del cortegiano, 1528), a dialogue in which the
interlocutors attempt to describe the perfect courtier, was one of the most influential books of …

Machiavelli was not the only humanist who discussed principalities early in the second
decade of the sixteenth century. Erasmus was at work on the subject at that time, as was …

Abstract· This article discusses the background, methodology and digital implementation of
the project GALATEO “Good Attitudes for Life in Assyrian Times: Etiquette and Observance …

Abstract· This communication presents an edition of the personal name list Ur-ab-ba, which
is attested at Old Babylonian Nippur and in one unprovenienced exemplar published by …

What brings and keeps people together? In Marcel Mauss's theory of the gift, art is attributed
a crucial social function. Starting with the issue of the sociopolitical relevance of aesthetics …

Was führt und hält Menschen zusammen? Was konstituiert Gesellschaft? Was erzeugt
soziale Kohäsion? Für Marcel Mauss und die Anthropologie in seiner Spur ist die Trias von …

Zusammenfassung Staatliches Handeln bringt Vorteile, weshalb die zentrale Rolle von
Staaten in der der Politischen Theorie nicht überrascht. Staaten als gegeben anzunehmen …