Machiavelli for Beginners

Curry, Patrick

ISBN 10: 1874166285 / ISBN 13: 9781874166283

Published by Icon,Totem Books, 1996

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00046744686

Synopsis:

"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 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 led him to torture on the rack and exile yet he chose as his model for the Prince the most notorious tyrant Cesare Borgia. This book traces the life of this paradoxical realist whose patriotism made him the first truly modern political scientist. Machiavelli is seen as central to the postmodern debate on civil society.

From the Author: Sorry, but let's get the name right.
That's Machiavelli, NOT 'MacHiavelli'. (He was Florentine, not Scottish or Irish.) Thanks, PC

Bibliographic Details

Title: Machiavelli for Beginners
Publisher: Icon,Totem Books
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good