Machiavelli’s Impact on the Modern Leadership Discourse and Alternative Perspectives from Islamic Siyasatnama Tradition Al-Shayzari’s Political Strategies
This study aims for comparing the Western and Islamic roots of leadership in political history. In this respect, it presents a comparative content analysis of the Prince by Machiavelli and Political Strategies by al-Shayzari, a 12th century Muslim scholar. Although there are similarities in some re...
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| description | This study aims for comparing the Western and Islamic roots of leadership in political history. In this respect, it presents a comparative content analysis of the Prince by Machiavelli and Political Strategies by al-Shayzari, a 12th century Muslim scholar. Although there are similarities in some respects, there are still significant differences between their leadership discourses. While Machiavelli places the leaders’ interest as the highest priority, al-Shayzari places greatest importance to societal wellbeing and morality. Modern Western leadership discourse seems to borrow many concepts from Machiavelli, and interprets them with a capitalist perspective, leading to distorted managerial & economic perspectives overemphasizing profit maximization. This so-called “Machiavellian” focus is subject to criticism for undervaluing societal wellbeing. This article provides a comparative study by exploring a historical Islamic treatise which can provide challenging managerial and economic perspectives.
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| spelling | doaj-art-6c38384bc6ff43b5aa80c374816ea2cb2025-01-02T22:34:55ZengİLKE İlim Kültür Eğitim VakfıTürkiye İslam İktisadı Dergisi2148-38092023-08-01102 557210.26414/A3874Machiavelli’s Impact on the Modern Leadership Discourse and Alternative Perspectives from Islamic Siyasatnama Tradition Al-Shayzari’s Political StrategiesSemih Ceyhan0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5721-6855Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University This study aims for comparing the Western and Islamic roots of leadership in political history. In this respect, it presents a comparative content analysis of the Prince by Machiavelli and Political Strategies by al-Shayzari, a 12th century Muslim scholar. Although there are similarities in some respects, there are still significant differences between their leadership discourses. While Machiavelli places the leaders’ interest as the highest priority, al-Shayzari places greatest importance to societal wellbeing and morality. Modern Western leadership discourse seems to borrow many concepts from Machiavelli, and interprets them with a capitalist perspective, leading to distorted managerial & economic perspectives overemphasizing profit maximization. This so-called “Machiavellian” focus is subject to criticism for undervaluing societal wellbeing. This article provides a comparative study by exploring a historical Islamic treatise which can provide challenging managerial and economic perspectives. https://tujise.org/uploads/2024/07/3-CEYHAN%20(1).pdfislamic managementleadershipmachiavelliagency theorysiyasatnamaislamic economics |
| spellingShingle | Semih Ceyhan Machiavelli’s Impact on the Modern Leadership Discourse and Alternative Perspectives from Islamic Siyasatnama Tradition Al-Shayzari’s Political Strategies Türkiye İslam İktisadı Dergisi islamic management leadership machiavelli agency theory siyasatnama islamic economics |
| title | Machiavelli’s Impact on the Modern Leadership Discourse and Alternative Perspectives from Islamic Siyasatnama Tradition Al-Shayzari’s Political Strategies |
| title_full | Machiavelli’s Impact on the Modern Leadership Discourse and Alternative Perspectives from Islamic Siyasatnama Tradition Al-Shayzari’s Political Strategies |
| title_fullStr | Machiavelli’s Impact on the Modern Leadership Discourse and Alternative Perspectives from Islamic Siyasatnama Tradition Al-Shayzari’s Political Strategies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Machiavelli’s Impact on the Modern Leadership Discourse and Alternative Perspectives from Islamic Siyasatnama Tradition Al-Shayzari’s Political Strategies |
| title_short | Machiavelli’s Impact on the Modern Leadership Discourse and Alternative Perspectives from Islamic Siyasatnama Tradition Al-Shayzari’s Political Strategies |
| title_sort | machiavelli s impact on the modern leadership discourse and alternative perspectives from islamic siyasatnama tradition al shayzari s political strategies |
| topic | islamic management leadership machiavelli agency theory siyasatnama islamic economics |
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