Politics
Machiavelli: A Graphic Guide
'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 servant of the Florentine republic. His opposition to Medici despotism led him...
Political Philosophy: A Graphic Guide
What is society? Why should citizens obey the law? Is democracy the best form of government?
Introducing Political Philosophy expains the central concepts of political thinking through history and presents contexts in which their ideas attracted disciples, controversy and sometimes revolution.
How did governments get started? Could we live without them? How much power should they have? What do anarchism, totalitarianism, libertarianism or fascism really mean? In the turmoil of the early 21st century our need...