The Magnificent Enigma of The Prince-Machiavelli

“Machiavelli, in an almost romantic manner, praises the prince's… beautiful failure. However, the common image of the thinker suggests that we are talking about an ambitious person who is ready to do anything for the sake of success. Who is this man who rejects victory?

Are there Machiavellis within Machiavelli? Or is there a problem with the generally accepted image? So, we shouldn't rely so much on the 'Machiavellian Machiavelli' image.”

We know that Machiavelli and his great work, The Prince, became famous by being identified with Machiavellianism, which means "every means to the end is permissible". This book shows that Machiavelli's intellectual horizons never
It shows once again that he cannot be consumed, and that he is not actually a Machiavellian. By thoroughly reading both The Prince and the literature about him, especially Leo Strauss, we come across a text that curiously overhauls the thinker's conceptual equipment: Virtù (skill), fortuna (luck), irony, political memory, violence, religion, contract, encounter. , army-bureaucracy, policy of deception, concrete reality, image, mask, common sense, astrology, cosmology... And the tensions, meetings and failures to meet between conceptual poles, especially the skill-luck duality...

While Utku Özmakas enjoys and enjoys the wisdom of Machiavelli's way of thinking, which leaves concepts ambiguous and proceeds with metaphors, he searches for the rich possibilities and possibilities in this thought. With his argumentative language, he joins the reader in this quest. In fact, he defines the purpose of the book not only as a guide to understanding The Prince but also as "a guide not to lose enthusiasm in the face of a text that shocks you, challenges you, and that you cannot comprehend in the first place."

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 341

Size: 13 x 19.5

First Print Year: 2019

Number of Printings: 1st Edition