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Könyv Art of the Network Paul D. McLean

Art of the Network

Strategic Interaction and Patronage in Renaissance Florence

Szerző: Paul D. McLean
Nyelv: Angol
Kötés: Kemény kötésű
Kiadó: Duke University Press
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Writing letters to powerful people to win their favour and garner rewards such as political office,...

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Szerző
Paul D. McLean
Nyelv
Angol
Kötés
Könyv - Kemény kötésű
Kiadva
2007
oldal
304
EAN
9780822341000
ISBN
082234100X
Enbook ID
04938633
Kiadó
Duke University Press
Súly
572
Méretek
166 x 239 x 21

Teljes leírás

Writing letters to powerful people to win their favour and garner rewards such as political office, tax relief, and recommendations was an institution in Renaissance Florence; the practice was an important tool for those seeking social mobility, security, and recognition by others. In this detailed study of political and social patronage in fifteenth-century Florence, Paul D. McLean shows that patronage was much more than a pursuit of specific rewards. It was also a pursuit of relationships and of a self defined role in relation to others. To become an independent individual in Renaissance Florence, one first had to become connected. With The Art of the Network, McLean fills a gap in sociological scholarship by tracing the historical antecedents of networking and examining the concept of self that accompanies it. His analysis of patronage opens into a critique of contemporary theories about social networks and social capital, and an exploration of the sociological meaning of "culture." McLean scrutinized thousands of letters to and from Renaissance Florentines. He describes the social protocols the letters reveal, paying particular attention to the means by which Florentines crafted credible presentations of themselves. The letters, McLean contends, testify to the development not only of new forms of self-presentation but also of a new kind of self to be presented: an emergent, "modern" conception of self as an autonomous agent. They also bring to the fore the importance that their writers attached to concepts of honour, and the ways that they perceived themselves in relation to the Florentine state.

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