The Hatred of Democracy: A Critique of Interference and Colonialism
Book review - 1 pages - Politic philosophy
In 'From victorious democracy to criminal democracy', Jacques Rancière critiques the notion of democracy being imposed through interference, highlighting the paradox of invasion leading to chaos and the rise of totalitarian systems. Explore the historical roots of this phenomenon and the...
"The Prince", Machiavel - How to purchase and keep a state
Book review - 1 pages - Politic philosophy
The Prince, is a sulphurous work published in 1513. It is condemned by every authors except Jean-Jacques Rousseau who is defended it modestly. This text is deeply rooted in political crises which take place in Firenze at the turn of the XVe and XVIe century. As a result the redaction of the...
Animal Farm by George Orwell - A book review
Book review - 2 pages - Politic philosophy
George Orwell wrote "Animal Farm" between November 1943 and February 1944, during the period of the Second World War. He was not the famous author that he is considered today at that time. This might explain why he struggled to get Animal Farm published, whereas it is considered, along with his...
Hobbes and the question of Legitimate Authority in the Leviathan: liberalism or fascism avant la lettre?
Book review - 3 pages - Politic philosophy
Hobbes contends that the human state of nature exists where every man is at war with every other man and in order to free ourselves from this state, we must relinquish all of our rights to one unified authority. The intention of this sovereign body is supposedly to serve the good of the people,...
Analyze of Socrates' Crito
Book review - 4 pages - Politic philosophy
The Crito strikes us as an oddly shocking story simply because Socrates, who was once portrayed as a loyalist to the gods, now argues the importance and essentiality of obedience to the laws of the state. It is natural to find The Crito surprising because Plato had described Socrates in The...
Rousseau: Discourse on the origin of inequality
Book review - 2 pages - Politic philosophy
From Plato to Hobbes, many philosophers established the fact that the human nature is bad. For instance, while Machiavelli asserted that sometimes the prince ought to be cruel and should use violence to ensure the salvation of the State, Hobbes declared that a society should be created and a...
Machiavelli- The Prince
Book review - 1 pages - Politic philosophy
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) received a humanist education which emphasized the prevalence of public goods over private interests which rejected corruption, tyranny and the pursuit of glory. In The Prince (1513), dedicated to the Medici who re-assumed power in Florence, Machiavelli studied the...
Cicero, On the Republic
Book review - 2 pages - Politic philosophy
Marcus Tullus Cicero (106-43 B.C.) was a Roman politician and philosopher. He wrote De Republica in 51 BC while the Roman republic was experiencing a period of political turmoil. Caius Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus were competing each other for the leadership of Rome dividing the whole...
