Introducing Machiavelli, Third Edition
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 electrifiying frankness as a practical guide to power. Introducing Machiavelli traces the colourful...
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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 electrifiying frankness as a practical guide to power. Introducing Machiavelli traces the colourful 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.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781840468441 (1840468440)
ASIN: 9781840468441
Publish date: 25-12-2007
Publisher: Icon Books, Ltd. UK
Edition language: English