While many political philosophies are doomed to be consigned to history, over five centuries since Niccolò Machiavelli was born, his vision of a ruthless, manipulative leader is as relevant as ever.

In personality psychology, Machiavellianism refers to a cynical and manipulative approach to interpersonal relationships that embraces “moral flexibility” for personal gain. People high in ...

If you've ever known someone with Machiavellian traits, you know how damaging and destructive they can be. Deception, manipulation, and high self-interest are just a few characteristics that people ...

The past few months have seen a flurry of celebrations for the 500th anniversary of Niccolò Machiavelli’s classic leadership “how to” text, The Prince. It may be five centuries old, but The Prince ...

MACHIAVELLISM is the name given to a doctrine which might be summed up as follows: The supreme law of politics is success. Politics, therefore, cannot recognize any moral law as binding. What is bad ...

When Alfredo Maneiro immerses himself in studying the historical significance of Niccolo Machiavelli’s work 1, he proceeds to an “elucidation of the current exercise of philosophy”. In his opinion, ...

What if Machiavelli was neither a teacher of evil, nor simply a man of his time, but rather a radical democrat who boldly broke with a centuries-old tradition of denigrating the masses? This is the ...

If Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) earned himself a name as the originator of the idea of political pragmatism because of his book The Prince, his Chinese counterpart Shang Yang (390-338 BC), prime ...

An introduction to Machiavelli's infamous view of power politics By Maureen Ramsay Machiavelli is a pivotal figure in the history of political thought. His views of human nature, society and ...