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The Questions For Machiavelli

Author(s): Dragan D. Lakićević
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: ruler; political goal; technology of rule; legitimating; war

Summary/Abstract: The main intention of the work that deals with the Nicolo Machiavelli thought is to point out the obvious paradox between the high political goal and the legitimating of all possible means for its realization. Are evil deeds inevitable in the sphere of politics and under what circumstances the immorality contained in political acts could be transformed into common good? The text asks additional questions such as about the accomplishments of ambitious political projects, the relationship among the ideologist and the representative of political power, the transformations of the means into the ends, the use of violence and indoctrination in political acts, revolutionary and evolutionary political methods, etc. The author claims that political technologies recommended by Machiavelli basically haven’t diminished, but have taken on more modern and more adequate forms.

  • Issue Year: 21/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 167-186
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Serbian