theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-machiavellis-audaciously-honest-the-prince-reveals-how-politics-works-262726 Guide to the classics: Machiavelli’s ‘audaciously honest’ The Prince reveals how politics works
A political scientist revisits Machiavelli's The Prince, outlining his realist view of power, adaptability and the balance between fear and love, along with his Florentine career and the book's origins. The piece links these ideas to present-day politics, including Trump and Australia's Albanese government.
— via The Conversation — Philosophy, Intifar Chowdhury, Lecturer in Government, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University
