Thierry MenissierGianfranco Borrelli is a professor of political philosophy at the University of Naples Frederico II. A specialist in raison d'Etat and Hobbes, he has published Ragion di Stato e Leviatano (Bologna, 1993), Non far novita . Alle radici della cultura itliana della conservazione politica (Naples, 2000), and La democrazia di governance: tra crisi di legittimazione e dispositivi d'emergenza (Soveria Mannelli, 2008). Thierry Menissier is a professor of philosophy at Grenoble - Alps University. A specialist in Machiavelli and republicanism, he has translated Le Prince by Machiavelli and has published Machiavel, la politique et l'histoire (Paris, 2001), Elements de philosophie politique (Paris, 2005), Machiavel ou la politique du centaure (Paris, 2010), and La Liberte des contemporains (Grenoble, 2011). Read More Read Less