Machiavelli In America

Author : Thomas Block
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781628940664
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Machiavelli in America written by Thomas Block and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Machiavelli advised us that people are so mean, small and selfish that they will only act under necessity, so the successful prince must force the population, through whatever means necessary, to follow his dictates. This book traces the influence of the Florentine thinker on American politics, from the Founders (c. 1770s) through today's rough-and-tumble political panorama. Machiavelli's ideas have been re-interpreted internationally as 'real-politik.' He proposed that the 'ends justify the means,' and that any manner of fraud, violence or corruption must be utilized in attaining and retaining power. He maintained that the most powerful form of fraud was the appearance of religiosity and said that the successful prince must hold no art higher than that of war. In this disturbing, erudite and highly readable book, America is shown to be a surprising example of Machiavellian politics, utilizing all of the post-modern methods of information distribution and "legal" fraud and corruption. Lee Atwater, Karl Rove, George W. Bush, the Supreme Court's 'Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission' (2010) and the Super PACs it spawned, the massive amounts of money ("power's master key"), the intermingling of the language of religion and war, and the 90% negative advertising of the 2012 Presidential campaign (channeling Machiavelli's dictum that the adversary must be "assassinated," though in contemporary America by character assassination) and even Barack Obama's Machiavellian machinations are looked at in light of the Renaissance political philosopher's ideas. The last section of the book offers a response to this with a specific, implementable program that will begin to devolve the power of American democracy back to the people.

Author : John Lamberton Harper
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521834856
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Machiavelli written by John Lamberton Harper and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-08 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Hamilton rose from his humble beginnings as an illegitimate West Indian orphan and emigrant to become the premier statebuilder and strategic thinker of the American Founding generation.

Author : Niccolò Machiavelli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1384 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Niccolò Machiavelli and the United States of America written by Niccolò Machiavelli and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The commentary (p. 1-234) is followed by Pansini's translations based on the 1772 edition published in London under title : Tutte l'opere di Niccolò Machiavelli.

Author : Niccolò Machiavelli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781451518139
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Re - Organizing America written by Niccolò Machiavelli and published by . This book was released on 2010-03-05 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside re:Organizing America: A Plan for the 21st Century you will find a practical guide to addressing and achieving the change that America hopes for. Originally written by one of the great civil servants of all time, re:Organizing America outlines a specific agenda centered on the proper role of government in American life. From this basis general concepts are outlined, including the need a stable civic structure, the centrality of ethical ideas, and the proper use of the military. This seminal work will open you mind to a new understanding of what is and what could be.

Author : John Greville Agard Pocock
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691172234
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Machiavellian Moment written by John Greville Agard Pocock and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1975, The Machiavellian Moment remains a landmark of historical and political thought. Celebrated historian J.G.A. Pocock looks at the consequences for modern historical and social consciousness arising from the ideal of the classical republic revived by Machiavelli and other thinkers of Renaissance Italy. Pocock shows that Machiavelli's prime emphasis was on the moment in which the republic confronts the problem of its own instability in time, which Pocock calls the "Machiavellian moment." After examining this problem in the works of Machiavelli, Guicciardini, and Giannotti, Pocock turns to the revival of republican ideology in Puritan England and in Revolutionary and Federalist America. He argues that the American Revolution can be considered the last great act of civic humanism of the Renaissance and he relates the origins of modern historicism to the clash between civic, Christian, and commercial values in eighteenth-century thought. This Princeton Classics edition of The Machiavellian Moment features a new introduction by Richard Whatmore.

Author : John Calhoun Merrill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Princely Press written by John Calhoun Merrill and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Princely Press sets forth in an unusual manner some of the basic tenets of Machiavelli as they might apply to modern-day American journalism. The interview format permits Machiavelli (in 1520) to expound on such journalistic topics as journalists, journalistic power, press freedom and responsibility, self aggrandizement, objectivity, audiences, propaganda, ends and means, and ethics. Machiavelli's answers are based on his ideas about politics expressed especially in his two best-known works, The Prince and The Discourses.

Author : Nelson A. Blue
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781880849194
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Machiavelli's The Republican written by Nelson A. Blue and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Machiavellian Way to the Best Possible America Machiavelli's ghost presents the perfect guide for conservative Republicans. The master begins by revealing the true Republican goal and principles. He then shows the value of lies, distortions, personal attacks and hypocrisy for promoting the conservative agenda. Learn why compassion demands unemployment; the masses must be kept poorly educated; welfare, Medicare and social security must be abolished. Learn how to manufacture facts, statistics and quotations; try enemies in the press; distort testimony to create damning evidence; appeal to racial fears and prejudices; always assume the moral high ground.

Author : Thomas M. Kane
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134164327
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theoretical Roots of US Foreign Policy written by Thomas M. Kane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the reasons why American leaders from the 1700s onwards frequently adopt policies of unilateralism. Thomas M. Kane presents fresh explanations for America’s invasion of Iraq and defiance of international agreements, which go much deeper than conventional critiques of particular presidents to examine the real significance of the September 11 attacks. As the only and unprecedented sole superpower, the US faces a range of new and complex problems. Kane draws on the thinking of Machiavelli to illuminate and assess the key challenges for both the US and the global community. This unique book: connects contemporary US policy to patterns that reach back to America’s founding explores political dynamics affecting all republics contributes to theoretical debates about the benevolence, or otherwise, of American democracy highlights the key issues that Americans and non-Americans alike must address now and in the future. Theoretical Roots of US Foreign Policy will be of great interest to all students of US foreign policy, strategy and history and of international relations, politics and strategic studies in general.

Author : Niccolo Machiavelli
Publisher : Pinnacle Press
ISBN 13 : 9781374965720
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Machiavelli; written by Niccolo Machiavelli and published by Pinnacle Press. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Niccolo 1469-1527 Machiavelli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781374159594
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book MACHIAVELLI written by Niccolo 1469-1527 Machiavelli and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: