Political Science 1020E Chapter Notes -Sacerdotalism, Samuel Von Pufendorf, Organicism
1 May 2013
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Chapter 5 the making of the leviathan. Medieval thinker what was important were the immediate problems they confronted: the relationship between regnum and sacerdotium, the supremacy of pope or emperor. Corporation theory, while also derived from roman law, reflected at a deeper level the growing organicism of society beginning to articulate itself into guilds and other corporate structures. Most importantly for the theory of the modern state was the development of republican conceptions of government, particularly in the italian city states. The late medieval towns spawned a new class system that would come to constitute the sociological basis of the modern state. Machiavelli"s focus was entirely upon pragmatic and amoral considerations about the nature of rulership, whether in a monarchical or republican system. Machiavelli argues that successful political leadership requires the raw ability to acquire and maintain power, which includes violence, deception and chicanery.
