IR Thought: Reflections on Essential Works

This blog is for students in Professor Jackson's Graduate Colloquium, "Master Works of International Relations," to reflect on and debate the major themes and arguments presented by political philosophers of International Relations. (Please excuse mike's spelling)

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Machiavelli I

My first reaction to reading Machiavelli's Prince was frustration with the stead fastness of his rules. The text leaves no room for historical projects that would causes people to react different to the same form of governmental organization. He simply states what he believes are universities then moves on to the next universality. I had to remind myself that the text was written in the early 1500s, before the insights of Hegal ect...

Machiavelli es hard lean toward the Political Science end of the spectrum is defiantly evident throughout the text.

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