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| Titre : | The 48 Laws of Power |
| Auteurs : | Robert Greene |
| Type de document : | document électronique |
| Editeur : | [S.l.] : Penguin Books, 1997 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-101-04245-8 |
| Résumé : |
"**Before *Mastery, *came *The 48 Laws of Power*ÔÇöthe *New York Times* bestseller that started it all** Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, *The 48 Laws of Power *is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control. In the book that *People *magazine proclaimed ÔÇ£beguilingÔÇØ and ÔÇ£fascinating,ÔÇØ Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum. Some laws teach the need for prudence (ÔÇ£Law 1: Never Outshine the MasterÔÇØ), others teach the value of confidence (ÔÇ£Law 28: Enter Action with BoldnessÔÇØ), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (ÔÇ£Law 15: Crush Your Enemy TotallyÔÇØ). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, *The 48 Laws of Power *is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game. ### Amazon.com Review ""Learning the game of power requires a certain way of looking at the world, a shifting of perspective,"" writes Robert Greene. Mastery of one's emotions and the arts of deception and indirection are, he goes on to assert, essential. The 48 laws outlined in this book ""have a simple premise: certain actions always increase one's power ... while others decrease it and even ruin us."" The laws cull their principles from many great schemers--and scheming instructors--throughout history, from Sun-Tzu to Talleyrand, from Casanova to con man Yellow Kid Weil. They are straightforward in their amoral simplicity: ""Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit,"" or ""Discover each man's thumbscrew."" Each chapter provides examples of the consequences of observance or transgression of the law, along with ""keys to power,"" potential ""reversals"" (where the converse of the law might also be useful), and a single paragraph cleverly laid out to suggest an image (such as the aforementioned thumbscrew); the margins are filled with illustrative quotations. Practitioners of one-upmanship have been given a new, comprehensive training manual, as up-to-date as it is timeless. ### From Publishers Weekly Greene and Elffers have created an heir to Machiavelli's Prince, espousing principles such as, everyone wants more power; emotions, including love, are detrimental; deceit and manipulation are life's paramount tools. Anyone striving for psychological health will be put off at the start, but the authors counter, saying ""honesty is indeed a power strategy,"" and ""genuinely innocent people may still be playing for power."" Amoral or immoral, this compendium aims to guide those who embrace power as a ruthless game, and will entertain the rest. Elffers's layout (he is identified as the co-conceiver and designer in the press release) is stylish, with short epigrams set in red at the margins. Each law, with such allusive titles as ""Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy,"" ""Get Others to Do the Work for You, But Always Take the Credit,"" ""Conceal Your Intentions,"" is demonstrated in four ways?using it correctly, failing to use it, key aspects of the law and when not to use it. Illustrations are drawn from the courts of modern and ancient Europe, Africa and Asia, and devious strategies culled from well-known personae: Machiavelli, Talleyrand, Bismarck, Catherine the Great, Mao, Kissinger, Haile Selassie, Lola Montes and various con artists of our century. These historical escapades make enjoyable reading, yet by the book's conclusion, some protagonists have appeared too many times and seem drained. Although gentler souls will find this book frightening, those whose moral compass is oriented solely to power will have a perfect vade mecum. BOMC and Money Book Club alternates. Author tour. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc." |
