How to Win an Election (eBook)

An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians

Quintus Tullius Cicero (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
128 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4164-6 (ISBN)

Infos

A primer on campaigning in ancient Rome that reads like a strategy memo from a modern political consultantHow to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest orator, ran for consul (the highest office in the Republic), his practical brother Quintus decided he needed some no-nonsense advice on running a successful campaign. What follows in his short letter are timeless bits of political wisdom, from the importance of promising everything to everybody and reminding voters about the sexual scandals of your opponents to being a chameleon, putting on a good show for the masses, and constantly surrounding yourself with rabid supporters. Presented here in a lively and colorful new translation, with the Latin text on facing pages, this unashamedly pragmatic primer on the humble art of personal politicking is dead-on (Cicero won)-and as relevant today as when it was written.A little-known classic in the spirit of Machiavelli's Prince, How to Win an Election is required reading for politicians and everyone who enjoys watching them try to manipulate their way into office.

Autor

Philip Freeman is the author of many books, including Oh My Gods: A Modern Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar (all Simon & Schuster). He received his PhD from Harvard University and holds the Qualley Chair of Classical Languages at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.2.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
• Reihe/Serie: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
• Übersetzer: Philip Freeman
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 107 BC • 43 BC • 66 BC • 70 BC • 85 BC • Ancient Greece • Ancient Rome • Antonius • aristocracy • ballot • bribery • Career • catiline • Cicero • Citizens (Spanish political party) • commentariolum petitionis • Criticism • cursus honorum • dictator • Enemy of the State • equites • flattery • Gaius Antonius Hybrida • Gaius Aurelius Cotta • Gaius Marius • Generosity • Governance • Great Power • Henchman • Ideology • Julius Caesar • Legislation • Mark Antony • Military Service • Nobility • North Africa • Novus homo • Optimates • Pamphlet • pater patriae • Patrician (ancient Rome) • Philosopher • Political organization • Politician • Politics • Pompey • Pomponia (gens) • populares • Populism • Power broker (politics) • praetor • Public speaking • quaestor • Quintus Caecilius • Quintus Lutatius Catulus (Capitolinus) • roman citizenship • Roman consul • Roman dictator • roman governor • Roman magistrate • Roman province • roman republic • Roman senate • Ruler • secret ballot • Social Class • Social Club • spendthrift • Sulla • Supporter • The Ides of March (novel) • The Other Hand • title • Tribune of the Plebs • Two Kinds • Veto • Voting • Wealth
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4164-X / 140084164X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4164-6 / 9781400841646