Introducing Machiavelli
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Author
Contributions
- Zarate, Oscar, 1942- - Contributor
Publication
1996 - Distributed to the trade in the United States by National Book Network, New York, NY, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
43,750 words, Guess
Page Count
175 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101874166285
- ISBN-139781874166283
- LibraryThing3757
- Library of Congress Control Number95062414
- OCLC Control Number34615986
and 2 more
- Open LibraryOL817570M
- Open LibraryOL22617646M
Classifications
- DDC320.1
- LCCJC143.M4 C86 1996
Description
""Machiavellian" is a popular byword for treachery and opportunism. Machiavelli's classic book on statecraft, The Prince, published over 400 years ago, remains controversial to this day because of its electrifying frankness as a practical guide to power. Is it a how-to manual for dictators, a cynical philosophy of "the end justifies the means", or a more complex and subtle analysis of successful government?" "Machiavelli was a loyal servant of the Florentine Republic. His opposition to Medici despotism resulted in his torture on the rack and exile. Yet he chose as his model for the Prince the most notorious tyrant, Cesare Borgia. Introducing Machiavelli traces the colorful life of this paradoxical realist whose clear-sighted patriotism made him the first truly modern political scientist. Machiavelli is seen as central to the postmodern debate on Civil Society."--Jacket.
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