Introducing Machiavelli
- Authors
- Curry, Patrick
- Publisher
- Totem Books
- Tags
- philosophy , politics , history , biography , comics
- ISBN
- 9781840461169
- Date
- 1997-10-30T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 148.60 MB
- Lang
- en
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. It is 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?