Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu by Maurice Joly

"Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu" by Maurice Joly is a political pamphlet published in 1864. In this imagined conversation in hell, Machiavelli and Montesquieu debate modern politics and power. Machiavelli cynically demonstrates how noble principles like press freedom and separation of powers can be manipulated to serve a dictator's ambitions. The work satirizes Napoleon III's regime without naming him, showing how leaders can control society through calculated manipulation of media, business, and public opinion while maintaining an illusion of liberty. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Joly, Maurice, 1831-1878
Title Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu
ou la politique de Machiavel au XIXe Siècle par un contemporain
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dialogue_in_Hell_Between_Machiavelli_and_Montesquieu Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue_aux_enfers_entre_Machiavel_et_Montesquieu
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 66.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language French
LoC Class JC: Political science: Political theory
Subject Political ethics
Subject France -- Politics and government -- 1852-1870
Category Text
eBook-No. 13187
Release Date
Last Update Oct 28, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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