Machiavelli goes to the movies : understanding The Prince through television and film /
Modern media, such as Breaking Bad, The Godfather, The Walking Dead, Charlie Wilson's War, House of Cards, Argo and The Departed, are replete with illustrations that teach Machiavelli's critical principles, including the need to caress or annihilate, learning "how not to be good,"...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2015]
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| Summary: | Modern media, such as Breaking Bad, The Godfather, The Walking Dead, Charlie Wilson's War, House of Cards, Argo and The Departed, are replete with illustrations that teach Machiavelli's critical principles, including the need to caress or annihilate, learning "how not to be good," why it is better to be feared than loved, and how to act as both the lion and the fox. Modern media are used in this book to exemplify the tactics Machiavelli advocated and to comprehensively demonstrate that Machiavelli intended for government actors and those exercising power in other contexts to fight for a greater good and strive to achieve glory. |
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| Physical Description: | 207 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0739195948 9780739195949 |