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Statesmen --- Philosophers --- Hommes d'Etat --- Philosophes --- Biography --- Biographies --- Machiavelli, Niccolò, --- Florence (Italy) --- Florence (Italie) --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Machiavelli, Niccolò,

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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.

Liberty --- Political ethics --- Social ethics --- Political corruption --- Civil liberty --- Emancipation --- Freedom --- Liberation --- Personal liberty --- Democracy --- Natural law --- Political science --- Equality --- Libertarianism --- Social control --- Ethics, Political --- Ethics in government --- Government ethics --- Politics, Practical --- Ethics --- Civics --- Social problems --- Sociology --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Berlusconi, Silvio, --- Italy --- Politics and government --- Berluskoni, Silvio, --- Берлускони, Силвио, --- 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.

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Winner of the 2011 Strega prize, Italy's most prestigious literary award, this blend of essay, social criticism, and memoir is a striking portrait of the effects of globalization on Italy's declining economy. Starting with the story of his family's textile factory in Prato, Tuscany, Edoardo Nesi recalls a time of great prosperity when textiles were king in Prato, and he was heir to a company with a decades-long history. Spending his days leraning the ins and outs of fine fabric production, his nights ensconced in the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and David Foster Wallace, Nesi led what some might call a charmed life. However, in 2004, after more than fifty years in business, the Nesi family decided to sell their company, and in so doing, sold part of their identity as well. Story of my people is a denunciation of big business, corrupt politicians, the arrogrance of economists, and cheap manufacturing. It's a must read for anyone seeking insight into the financial crisis that's battering Europe today.--Book cover.

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"A moving firsthand account of migrant landings on the island of Lampedusa that gives voice to refugees, locals, and volunteers while also exploring a deeply personal father-son relationship. On the island of Lampedusa, the southernmost part of Italy, between Africa and Europe, Davide Enia looks in the faces of those who arrive and those who wait, and tells the story of an individual and collective shipwreck. On one side, a multitude in motion, crossing entire nations and then the Mediterranean Sea under conditions beyond any imagination. On the other, a handful of men and women on the border of an era and a continent, trying to welcome the newcomers. In the middle is the author himself, telling of what actually happens at sea and on land, and the failure of words in the attempt to understand the present paradoxes. Enia reveals the emotional consequences of this touching and disconcerting reality, especially in his relationship with his father, a recently retired doctor who agrees to travel with him to Lampedusa. Witnessing together the public pain of those who land and those who save them from death, alongside the private pain of his uncle's illness, pushes them to reinvent their relationship, to forge a new and unprecedented dialogue that replaces the silences of the past"--

Authors, Italian --- Shipwrecks --- Mediterranean Sea --- History --- Enia, Davide, --- Enia, Davide, --- Travel --- Family. --- Lampedusa Island (Italy) --- Emigration and immigration --- History