Art of the Network

McLean Paul D. McLean

Description

Writing letters to powerful people to win their favor 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 in relation to others. To become independent 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 honor, and the ways that they perceived themselves in relation to the Florentine state.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Sociology
• Biological anthropology

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 07 décembre 2007
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780822390367
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Paul D. McLean

The Art of the Network st rate g i c i n te rac t i o n an d pat ro nag e i n re na i s san c e f lo re n c e

The Art oF the network

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spoŝore y the ïteratoa ïŝttute at the Uerŝty oF mcha a puŝhe y duke Uerŝty Preŝŝ thŝ ŝereŝ ŝ cetere arou cutura a hŝtorca ŝtueŝ oF power potcŝ a the ŝtate—a îe that cutŝ acroŝŝ the ŝcpeŝ oF hŝtory ŝocooy athropooy potca ŝcece a cutura ŝtueŝ The ocuŝ o the reatoŝhp etwee ŝtate a cuture reerŝ oth to a ethoooca approach—the ŝtuy oF potcŝ a the ŝtate uŝ cuturaŝt ethoŝ—a a ŝuŝtate oe that treatŝ ŝy practceŝ aŝ a eŝŝeta eŝo oF potcŝ The aectc oF potcŝ cuture a hŝtory îureŝ proety  a the ookŝ ŝeecte or the ŝereŝ

The Art oF the network Strategîc ïnteractîon and Patronage în Renaîssance Forence

Pau d mcea

duke Uerŝty Preŝŝ Durham and London 2007

©  duke Uerŝty Preŝŝ A rhtŝ reŝere Prte  the Ute stateŝ oF Aerca o ac-ree paper ♾

Typeŝet  beo y Tŝe ïorato syŝteŝ ïc

rary oF Coreŝŝ Catao--Pucato data mcea Pau – The art oF the etwork: ŝtratec teracto a patroae  Reaŝŝace orece / Pau mcea p c — (Potcŝ hŝtory a cuture) ïcueŝ oraphca reereceŝ a e ISBN-: ---- (coth: ak paper) ISBN-: ---- (pk: ak paper)  orece (ïtay)—soca e a cuŝtoŝ  soca etworkŝ—ïtay—orece— Hŝtory  Patroae Potca—ïtay—orece—Hŝtory  Patro a cet— ïtay—orece—Hŝtory  etter wrt ïtaa—Hŝtory  Reaŝŝace—ïtay— orece ï Tte DGM  —c 

For Susan

Cotetŝ

 ŝt oF Taeŝ a ureŝ  Preace  The Prcpeŝ oF network aŝ a soca Proceŝŝ  The Rhetorc a deŝ oF orete etter Wrt  The socay Coteŝte Cocept oF Hoor  What getŝ sa Whe  Patroae etterŝ  The dyacŝ oF Oice seek  reŝ oF reŝ:Raccomandazîoneaŝ Rhetorc a aŝ Coŝttute Prcpe  Patroae a the stae Traŝorato oF the state  “seratŝ a saeŝ  Eeryth a or Eeryth”: Reaŝŝace network a the Eeret moer se ?  Cocuŝo: Cuture a the network  noteŝ  boraphy  ïe

Taeŝ a ureŝ

ure  nar etter ure  Cappo etter ure  mds Pot oF seecte Keyworŝ Uŝe  Oice etterŝ ure  mds Pot oF Oice etterŝ ure  Oice etterŝ Wrtte dur the Pre- Era a the orezo Era ure  Recoeato etter Traŝ a Chaŝ ure  orece’ŝ uctuat Ta bure – ure  Azz etter Tae  seecte dŝcurŝe Techqueŝ or bu Reatoŝ Tae  Coceptoŝ oF Hoor Ther Aocateŝ a Correŝpo ïportat Theeŝ Tae  Aerae ïcece oF seecte Keyworŝ y etter Topc Tae  Aerae ïcece oF seecte Keyworŝ y decae A Typeŝ oF etter Tae  Copar Keywor Cotet  Certa Typeŝ oF etterŝ Acroŝŝ Peroŝ Tae  Aerae ïcece oF seecte Keyworŝ y soca dŝtace etwee Wrter a Recpet Tae  Reate Poŝtoŝ oF Wrterŝ a Recpetŝ oF the etterŝ Potte  ure  Aerae y sector