The Machiavellians by James Burnham

Welcome to season 2 of Book Schmooze with all new books and a brand new microphone!! 
Notes: Robert Michels was actually German! 

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 7:14 Structure of the book
• 11:05 Dante Aligheri
• 12:50 A little bit about Machiavelli
• 27:51 GAETANO MOSCA
• 43:00 Bonapartism
• 46:30 Freedom
• 53:30 Role of celibacy
• 56:50 Freedom vs beaurocracy
• 1:08:40 GEORGE SOREL
• 1:13:25 "Political formula"
• 1:14:40 Function of violence?
• 1:18:18 ROBERT MICHELS
• 1:20:30 Device of resignation
• 1:26:10 Iron law of oligarchy
• 1:27:03 Managerial revolution
• 1:31:45 VILFREDO PARETO
• 1:34:30 "Residues and Derivations"
• 1:36:53 Social utility
• 1:40:17 Circulation of elites
• 1:45:05 5 conditions for revolution
• 1:48:54 Future of "self-government"
• 1:57:23 Relation to other books on the podcast
• 2:07:43 THE QUESTION