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Machiavellianism (or Machiavellism) is widely defined as the political philosophy of the Italian Renaissance diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli, usually associated with realism in foreign and domestic politics, and with the view that those who lead governments must prioritize the stability of the regime over ethical concerns.
Modern political philosophy tended to be republican, but as with the Catholic authors, Machiavelli's realism and encouragement of innovation to try to control one's own fortune were more accepted than his emphasis upon war and factional violence.
Rahe, Paul A. (2006), Machiavelli's Liberal Republican Legacy, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521851879 Excerpt, reviews and Text search shows Machiavelli's Discourses had a major impact on shaping conservative thought. Schaefer, David (1990), The Political Philosophy of Montaigne, Cornell University Press.
That's largely thanks to Niccolò Machiavelli's famous 16th century political treatise "The Prince." The work looks at statecraft through a realpolitik lens, often appearing to argue that the end ...
Statue of Niccolò Machiavelli. Classical realism is an international relations theory from the realist school of thought. [1] Realism makes the following assumptions: states are the main actors in the international relations system, there is no supranational international authority, states act in their own self-interest, and states want power for self-preservation. [2]
Niccolò Machiavelli's seminal work The Prince (1532) was a major stimulus to realist thinking. Realism , a school of thought in international relations theory , is a theoretical framework that views world politics as an enduring competition among self-interested states vying for power and positioning within an anarchic global system devoid of ...
The Machiavellian Moment is a work of intellectual history by J. G. A. Pocock (Princeton University Press, 1975).It posits a connection between republican thought in early 16th century Florence, English-Civil War Britain, and the American Revolution.
Machiavelli, after all, lived at a similar inflection point in history. Florence, one of the great Renaissance republics, was being transformed into a monarchy even at the moment he was writing.