Machiavelli in Contemporary Media

Foreword: Machiavelli in Hell
	Murder
	Diabolical Atheism
	References
Acknowledgments
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction
	Machiavelli’s Masks
	Machiavelli as a Pop Object
	Machiavelli in Contemporary Media
	References
Chapter 2: The Iconography of Power: From Machiavelli’s Portraits to the Pop Art
	Machiavelli: Two Portraits from Memory between Praise and Symbolism
	The Prince and the Courtier as Political Figures
	Napoleonic Propaganda
	From the Totalitarian Prince to Pop Art
	References
Chapter 3: “Unarmed Prophets Have Always Been Destroyed, Whereas Armed Prophets Have Succeeded:” Machiavelli’s Portrayal in the Assassin’s Creed Series
	Cultural Studies and Assassin’s Creed
	Machiavelli in Assassin’s Creed: Facts Meet Fiction
	Machiavelli in AC: Interactivity, Convergence and Narratives
	Machiavelli as a Video Game Character: Relevance and Reception
	Using Assassin’s Creed as a Learning Device?
	Video Game-Based Learning and Machiavelli
	The Assassin’s Creed Series as a Contemporary Cultural Artifact
	Is Video Game-Based Learning Effective?
	References
Chapter 4: Why Write a Graphic Novel about Machiavelli?
	Machiavelli’s Style
	Vita di Niccolò Machiavelli fiorentino
	The Two Renaissances of the Florentine Niccolò Machiavelli
	References
Chapter 5: Ghosts of Machiavelli in Italian Political Cinema
	Machiavelli: A Burdensome Father
	Men of Action and Unarmed Prophets
	Post-Neorealist Political Cinema: Dostoevsky Vs. Marx
	Politics and Evil in the New Millennium
	A New Perspective on Power and Society
	References
Chapter 6: Invisible Ends Justify Secret Means: Homeland, Machiavelli, and the Least of All Possible Evils
	The Means and the End
	Reason of State and Personal Reasons
	Collateral Damages
	Humanitarian and Surgical Strike Rhetoric: On the Effects of War
	Norm and Exception
	References
Chapter 7: House of Cards between Machiavelli and Machiavellianism
	Underwood and Machiavelli
	Which Machiavelli?
	Fiction vs. Reality
	Claire and Frank: The Eternal Fight between Ruler and Advisor
	Dante Alighieri and the Proximity to Power
	Machiavelli on the Traps of Advising
	Bacon and the “Secret of Command”
	Conclusions
	References
Chapter 8: Donald Trump, Niccolò Machiavelli, the Establishment, and the People: Words of Advice and Warning from The Prince
	Introductory Warnings
	Part One: Trump—Candidate and President
	Part Two: Machiavelli and The Prince
	Part Three (A): Trump as Tyrant:
	Part Three (B): Trump and Julius II
	Part Three (C): Trump’s Advisors
	Part Three (D): Trump, “The People” and “The Establishment”
	Conclusion
	References
Index