Ramin Tork

Monda Aziz

Plato's Republic was more in the name than content, as his concept of Republic does not resemble the modern version

Machiavelli's Prince is about staying in power at any price and is something RP seem to have distanced himself from. By the way, I have heard many say that RP is his father's son, but so far no one has ever said that he is his mother's son

Even as a Republican (not to be confused with US republicans!) I can say that from his mother we have seen nothing but good things 

 She fought for women's rights, was an advocate of literacy, and a great patron of Iranian Arts and culture  She was/is a great Ambassador for our country I hope we all come to our senses and form the unity that we need to form

My final word before scattered we watch our country being destroyed is this

اگر خورده شیشه ها ی درونی رادر خدمت به جامعه ذوب کرده بودیم بجای لرزان راه رفتن هزاران شهر و آسمان خراش ساخته بودیم

DK Jaan

Yes I enjoyed your Shahbanou meets the Prince of Darkness.

I might publish my own pop Art series that I showed you on Facebook.

Cool art work and choice of medium

i wonder though about your decision process in selecting Plato or Machiavelli's Republic next to the Shah?  btw it's not clear which household your art is focused on, I get it must be yours :o)

I too have come up with the same conclusions about RP. The man presents civil in his concerns and genuine in his love for Iran.  Effective is a different measure though (and I do read every single piece DK offers here, bekhoda).

Cool Ramin Jaan ;0)

Very Interesting and I like and appreciate your openmindedness.

Regarding Machiavelli's Prince ( A MUST READ For Anyone interested in Politics ) he was more of a Republican Prince than a Royal one ( although still an Aristocrat as were most people involved in Power circles in those days) since Machiavelli was himself a civil servant of the Florentine Republic. However Machiavelli's insights on Politics prevails in all Political situations and can be rightly applied to all systems of government.

HISTORY FORUM: Machiavelli's "The Prince" and the "Art" of Governing

Look forward to your other conceptual works.

Here was my Ironic Take on Pop Art:

LARGER THAN LIFE: Shahbanou Meets The Prince of Darkness (Bochum-Germany)

Keep Up the good work on  www.iicfocus.com

Warm Regards,

DK 

iran_zameen

LOL! I could do with reading it more, as it would come in handy in the offices I work, but more so in learning from the book to put aside my innocence when in the Blog section of iranian.com!

machiavelli's Prince 

It isn't the most entertaining of books, but a vital book if you want to understand political power. It used to be and perhaps still is the standard text book in Europe for European statesmen.

The part that relates to us Iranian are two sections. One section on how Alexander learning from Persian Kings adopted the same strategy of making the elite of a defeated society feel secure and he uses the analogy of replacing your head with the head of the old prince in socities where power is centralized.

The second section that relates to us is the Theocratic dictatorship where you maintain unquestionable power because God said so!

BTW, The republic is not so much about a republic either i.e. it's concepts are very far from our modern democracy principles, it becomes very elitist but I didn't use it within that context here. Besides, it is a foundation book that has shaped many minds.

ramin, funny

looks like you haven't cared to read "The Prince"/ still in crisp condition