MACHIAVELLI

Question 1

WHAT INFLUENCED HIS POLITICAL CONTEXT?

Answer 1

The Italian renaissance and his humanist education

Question 2

WHAT DO HIS POLITICAL IDEAS CONSIST OF?

Answer 2

Ideas that Italy should be united by 1 strong leader->Lorenzo the Magnificent

Question 3

WHAT TYPE OF POLITICAL THOUGHT DOES HE ADHERE TO?

HOW SHOULD THE STATE BE ORGANISED?

Answer 3

Political realism
His thought is transitional figure bet medieval and modern era->he not sure how state should be organized-> belief in absolute monarchy to unify the state

Question 4

HIS VIEW OF POLITICS?
POWERS LINK
HOW CAN POWER BE GAINED?

Answer 4

A focus of power
Power is linked to the rise of the modern state
Can be gained through subtle forces or through violence

Question 5

HUMAN NATURE

Answer 5

Power implies modern view of human nature

Humans are self-interested->why power is so effective->s-i isn’t a sin

Question 6

LOGIC OF POWER
MANUAL
LEADER

Answer 6

Is the manifestation of pp s-i
‘Prince’=manual for acquiring+maintaining power
Political entrepreneur over hereditary leader

Question 7

RULES OF POWER

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Answer 7

1. Leader think pols in new way->strictly empirical, eschewed from ethics. 2. Leader must act logically [first 2 rules v NB]
2. Keep power to self. 4. Keep people independent of him. 5. Employ violence for max effectiveness. 6. Feared over loved. 7. Support of people not nobility.