| Political Thought from Machiavelli to Stalin: Revolutionary Machiavellism 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Rees, E. A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 140393214X ISBN-13: 9781403932143 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: The first book in English to explore the relationship between Stalin's ideas and methods and the practices advocated by Machiavelli and the practices associated with "Machiavellian" politics. It advances the concept of "revolutionary Machiavellism" as a way of understanding a particular strand of revolutionary thought from the Jacobins to Leninism and Stalinism. It provides a wide-ranging survey of European political thought in the nineteenth and early twentieth century and locates the Bolshevik tradition within the wider European tradition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 320.1 |
| LCCN: 2003061602 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.66" W x 8.8" (0.77 lbs) 324 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first book in English to explore the relationship between Stalin's ideas and methods, and the practices advocated by Machiavelli and those associated with 'Machiavellian' politics. It advances the concept of 'revolutionary Machiavellism' as a way of understanding a particular strand of revolutionary thought from the Jacobins through to Leninism and Stalinism. By providing a wide-ranging survey of European political thought in the Nineteenth - and early Twentieth-century, E. A. Rees locates the Bolshevik tradition within the wider European tradition. |