Upbraiding his countrymen for failing to obey a national lockdown order, French President Emmanuel Macron decried what he called their “insouciance.” Mr. Macron, who wrote a youthful essay on the ...

This reviewer would really like to have been able to recommend this book. Its subject is irresistible, and the authors include respected scholars, some of whom have produced analyses and translations ...

The term “Orwellian” has always struck me as curiously Orwellian – a mild example of doublespeak that ties an author’s good name to the dystopia he so memorably depicted. (See also “Dickensian” and ...

This volume of sparkling translations - "The Woman From Andros", Machiavelli's version of Terence's classic comedy; "The Mandrake", the earliest and perhaps greatest ...

We may not all be heads of state (after all, there is only one premier), but one can still learn more about how political power can be acquired, maintained and defended by reading Niccolò ...

What if Machiavelli was neither a teacher of evil, nor simply a man of his time, but rather a radical democrat who boldly broke with a centuries-old tradition of denigrating the masses? This is the ...

Stacey Vanek Smith probably had a terrific elevator pitch for her debut book, “Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace.” After all, Niccolò Machiavelli, ...

That’s from Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, which I decided to re-read in the lead-up to this weekend’s federal election. I wanted to see what relevance this 16th-century Italian political treatise ...

Planet Money's Stacey Vanek Smith has reported on business and the economy for over 15 years now. She told NPR's Guy Raz that over that time, she's seen the same barriers blocking advancement for ...

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025. Pp. xliv, 314. Ilus., chron., biblio., index. $24.95 / £20.00. ISBN:0691270627 Engaging with a Thinker for the Ages ...