Machiavellian governance thrives in environments where people rely on patronage not merit, where the state is weak, not ...

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, ...

When Alan Ryan’s two-volume study of political philosophy, “On Politics,” came out a year ago, it raised a daunting, if not entirely intended, issue: How to read more than 1,000 pages of intellectual ...

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 ...

Despite the barriers women have broken in recent decades, equality in the workforce has not arrived. The U.S. gender pay gap has held steady at about 20% since 2000, female CEOs remain rare and the ...

Philosophy & Rhetoric, Vol. 53, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE: IN THE MIDST OF COVID-19 (2020), pp. 332-335 (4 pages) https://doi.org/10.5325/philrhet.53.3.0332 • https ...