Ep. 30 Machiavelli in Manila: What Machiavellian Means

The P*I* Podcast

Machiavelli is trending in the internet after an exchange between Bongbong Marcos and Prof. Clarita Carlos. While many are wondering what being "Machiavellian" is about, we provide a close discussion on the core of Machiavelli's thought, how he is commonly misunderstood and what Filipinos should learn from him and his works. Simply put, this episodes explores the essentials of Machiavelli's thought.

0:00 Music

0:15 Intro

0:40 Commotion on Machiavelli

6:50 How we started with Machiavelli

10:00 Dictionary meaning of Machiavelian

11:55 Who is Machiavelli?

14:05 Machiavelli and Florence

15:40 Machiavelli, The Prince, and The Discources

23:10 Machiavelli and Citizenship

26:35 Virtu and Fortuna

31:00 What does it mean to be Machiavllian?

40:32 Is Bongbong Machiavellian?

42:20 Examples of Filipino Machiavellians

49:50 Limitations of Machiavellianism

52:20 What can Filipinos learn from Machiaveli?

59:20 Recommendations

You may find Borj's translation of The Prince here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355546439_Ang_Prinsipe_ni_Nicolas_Machiavelli_Manuscript_Version_Published_2014_-_DLSU_Publishing_House

https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/research/publishing-house/book-publications/nicolas-machiavelli-ang-prinsipe/

You may also sign a pre-order petition for your own printed copy here: https://forms.gle/sZCVjsQHsHKB159M6

Recommendations:

Who's Afraid of Machiavelli BBC Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsMs-DuGy1o

Fortune is a Woman by Hannah Pitkin

http://moodle.stoa.usp.br/file.php/867/pitkin_-_fortune_is_a_woman-_gender_and_politics_in_machiavelli.pdf?forcedownload=1

Thoughts on Machiavelli by Leo Strauss

https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/122355/mod_resource/content/1/Leo%20Strauss%20Thoughts%20on%20Machiavelli%20%201958.pdf

Machiavelli and Us by Louis Althusser

https://www.amazon.com/Machiavelli-Radical-Thinkers-Louis-Althusser/dp/1844676757