POL SCI 6C Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ert3, Oligarchy
27 Oct 2016
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The prince by machiavelli suggested reading for the president. A murderer/extortionist/gangster said he read it twice. Machiavelli is read by many and talked about. How do you get people to follow you? . 25 interpretations on the same author: the prince is a satire, renaissance era, anti-christian view, christian view, anguished human, peace-loving human, passion and patriot, politically, marvelous mirror of his age. Decline of catholic church figure of the renaissance flourishing era". Overall, it was a very turbulent period. When medici came into power, machiavelli went into exile. He is let out of prison and he drafts the prince. ** we just passed the 500th anniversary of the book. 99% of the populace illiterate -- most people lived off the land. He tries to get back into a political position. Wants to be part of the action. Book is dedicated to lorenzo medici --so it could help him govern. This is essential to understand the book -- p. 6.
