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Crash Course: Political Theory

What does Machiavellian mean?

Can a bad person be a good leader? Machiavelli may have an answer.

12/12/2024 | Rating NR

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Crash Course: Political Theory

What does Machiavellian mean?

Episode 5 | 13mVideo has Closed Captions

Can a bad person be a good leader? Machiavelli may have an answer.

What if a person is a good leader… and a bad person? In this episode of Crash Course Political Theory, we unpack that idea through the lens of Machiavelli’s famous treatise, “The Prince,” and find more questions than answers.

12/12/2024 | Rating NR

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Crash Course: Political Theory

What does Machiavellian mean?

Episode 5 | 13mVideo has Closed Captions

What if a person is a good leader… and a bad person? In this episode of Crash Course Political Theory, we unpack that idea through the lens of Machiavelli’s famous treatise, “The Prince,” and find more questions than answers.

12/12/2024 | Rating NR

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