Niccolò Machiavelli kao vodič: od Umijeća ratovanja do priručnika za menadžere

• Published in: Filozofska istraživanja Vol. 36; no. 4/144; pp. 725 - 737
• Main Author: Raspudić, Nino
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Croatian; English
• Published: Croatian Philosophical Society 13-12-2016; Hrvatsko Filozofsko Društvo; Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo
• Subjects: applied ‘machiavelistics’; Business Ethics; decision-making; donošenje odluka; Early Modern Philosophy; Ethics / Practical Philosophy; manager; menadžer; Political Philosophy; primijenjena makijavelistika; The Art of War; The Prince; Umijeće ratovanja; Vladar; The Art of War; applied ‘machiavelistics’; decisionmaking; manager; The Prince
• ISSN: 0351-4706; 1848-2309
• DOI: 10.21464/fi36407

From the perspective of “applied ‘machiavelistics’”, the paper deals with Machiavelli’s The Art of War (Dell’arte della guerra) and other works (The Prince, Discourses on Livy) in which the author, among other things, gives advice for successful struggle, military and political. It is significant that these advices of Renaissance philosopher have a strong impact even after five hundred years. Few relevant authors that are familiar with his work recently published several books that reactualize Machiavelli’s thought in the context of the struggle and decision making in the 21st century, whether it is about advising managers in the “wars” within the business world, or it is offering assistance to voters in elections in order to choose a better ruler. Analysing these works, which updated Machiavelli as guide and counselor in contemporary struggles and decisions, shows the extent to which this approach trivializes Machiavelli’s thought, but also in how many ways it contributing to new, creative reception of his work.