Amoral Politics: The Persistent Truth of Machiavellism

by Ben-Ami Scharfstein

Book Overview

This is a study of how and why politics is amoral. It deals especially with what the author terms Machiavellism--the disregard of moral scruples for political ends that leads to the justification and use of deception and force in all aspects of political life. A comparative cultural study, it examines the theory and practice of politics in ancient China, ancient India, Renaissance Italy, and modern Europe, as well as tribal cultures, in order to test...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791422798
• ISBN13: 9780791422793
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.