NiccolòMachiavelli is famously known and interpreted in political science for his realism.His recommendations for The Prince are stated in various forms,particularly in terms of the role of violence in politics.H...NiccolòMachiavelli is famously known and interpreted in political science for his realism.His recommendations for The Prince are stated in various forms,particularly in terms of the role of violence in politics.However,his intentions are much more restrictive and prudent than it seems at the first sight.Violence is a necessity in political life,but it needs to be properly justified,otherwise it does not benefit either the ruler or the ruled.He endorses violence but conditions it by prudence and lack of cruelty.Excessive cruelty leads to hatred and citizens’hatred would lead to limitations of power of the ruler/prince.“The prince must aim to be feared without being hated”.On this basis,I will present a case study of the use of violence by Russian President Vladimir Putin in his considered“spheres of influence”,particularly in the territory of Georgia in 2008 and analyse through Machiavelli lens,whether the use of violence can be considered to be justified as Machiavelli writes,“yet it cannot be called virt to kill fellow citizens,to betray friends,to be treacherous,pitiless,irreligious.These ways can win a prince power but not glory”.展开更多
This paper develops a phenomenology of power in its various forms based on the account of the relationship between domination and freedom given by Niccol6 Machiavelli and ttienne de La Bo6tie. These authors are read i...This paper develops a phenomenology of power in its various forms based on the account of the relationship between domination and freedom given by Niccol6 Machiavelli and ttienne de La Bo6tie. These authors are read in such a way as to extract the contemporary meaning of power in relation to the concept of appearance. Both authors link domination to other forms of violent power （oppression, exploitation, and exclusion）, and while they recognize the inevitable role of appearances in politics, they oppose the tendency of rulers to use appearances to maintain their power over the people. The sharing of intellectual power is then the most likely way for popular power, once it makes its appearance in society, to lead to transformations in governmental and economic power.展开更多
Machiavelli was a controversial political thinker. His ideas of morality and politics created a new chapter of western ideal and also created a great stir in history. His Prince presented all his ideas and hopes, all ...Machiavelli was a controversial political thinker. His ideas of morality and politics created a new chapter of western ideal and also created a great stir in history. His Prince presented all his ideas and hopes, all had its present meaning in modern time.展开更多
Machiavelli is generally held to have contributed to the becoming of the concept "Oriental Despotism"in modern political theory.His paragraphs on eastern countries and Asia in general,this essay argues,are s...Machiavelli is generally held to have contributed to the becoming of the concept "Oriental Despotism"in modern political theory.His paragraphs on eastern countries and Asia in general,this essay argues,are susceptible of quite different readings.A careful textual analysis reveals that the east is invoked as a foil to compare and measure the transformation brought about by the Roman Empire in the west.Thus,Machiavelli is not intent to put up an orientalist thesis but is more concerned with a general lesson about liberty and empire that can be applied to both the occident and the orient.展开更多
文摘NiccolòMachiavelli is famously known and interpreted in political science for his realism.His recommendations for The Prince are stated in various forms,particularly in terms of the role of violence in politics.However,his intentions are much more restrictive and prudent than it seems at the first sight.Violence is a necessity in political life,but it needs to be properly justified,otherwise it does not benefit either the ruler or the ruled.He endorses violence but conditions it by prudence and lack of cruelty.Excessive cruelty leads to hatred and citizens’hatred would lead to limitations of power of the ruler/prince.“The prince must aim to be feared without being hated”.On this basis,I will present a case study of the use of violence by Russian President Vladimir Putin in his considered“spheres of influence”,particularly in the territory of Georgia in 2008 and analyse through Machiavelli lens,whether the use of violence can be considered to be justified as Machiavelli writes,“yet it cannot be called virt to kill fellow citizens,to betray friends,to be treacherous,pitiless,irreligious.These ways can win a prince power but not glory”.
文摘This paper develops a phenomenology of power in its various forms based on the account of the relationship between domination and freedom given by Niccol6 Machiavelli and ttienne de La Bo6tie. These authors are read in such a way as to extract the contemporary meaning of power in relation to the concept of appearance. Both authors link domination to other forms of violent power （oppression, exploitation, and exclusion）, and while they recognize the inevitable role of appearances in politics, they oppose the tendency of rulers to use appearances to maintain their power over the people. The sharing of intellectual power is then the most likely way for popular power, once it makes its appearance in society, to lead to transformations in governmental and economic power.
文摘Machiavelli was a controversial political thinker. His ideas of morality and politics created a new chapter of western ideal and also created a great stir in history. His Prince presented all his ideas and hopes, all had its present meaning in modern time.
文摘Machiavelli is generally held to have contributed to the becoming of the concept "Oriental Despotism"in modern political theory.His paragraphs on eastern countries and Asia in general,this essay argues,are susceptible of quite different readings.A careful textual analysis reveals that the east is invoked as a foil to compare and measure the transformation brought about by the Roman Empire in the west.Thus,Machiavelli is not intent to put up an orientalist thesis but is more concerned with a general lesson about liberty and empire that can be applied to both the occident and the orient.
