Introducing Machiavelli (Introducing...(Totem))  -  Patrick Curry & Oscar Zarate

KORTE INHOUD

Illustrated guide to the crucial Italian philosopher and author of The Prince.

'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 s...
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2002 Uitgever: Totem Books 176 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1840461160 ISBN-13: 9781840461169