Machiavelli The Prince Analysis

This is a significant analysis of Niccolo Machiavelli’s book The Prince. This book explores multiple concepts on leadership and governance for a Prince to legislate on his road to success. Therefore, I will bring a compelling conclusion on how Russian President Vladimir Putin is a modern Machiavelli. To get a full understanding towards Niccolo Machiavelli’s political theory, we must first examine what’s managed to inspire his view of an ideal government. In the book, The Prince, Machiavelli introduces insightful claims on how the Roman Empire’s legitimacy brought a secure and stable society. In fact, presenting the Roman Empire’s platform helped the reader to thoroughly understand Machiavelli’s political theory regarding governance and the
leadership he intended to pursue. In other words, the authority the Roman Empire managed to establish across Europe became central to Machiavelli’s idea towards effective political leadership where they managed to sustain strength, unity and goodwill (Machiavelli, 1515, pg 9). In this case, if we take a look at the period of Machiavelli’s existence during the Renaissance, most of those features left a lot to be desired in Italy of his day. Now Italian Peninsula, during his time on Earth, was a region that was divided between different states which prevented unification and stability. For this reason, Machiavelli emphasized in a humanistic approach as a means to restore Roman thought and bring back effective political leadership in society.