MACHIAVÉLISME ET PRATIQUE POLITIQUE EN AFRIQUE : REFLEXION SUR LE PRAXIS DU RÉGIME TOTALITAIRE EN RÉPUBLIQUE DU ZAÏRE DE 1965 - 1997.

Abstract

The machiavelism is a thought politicizes  tonic has several decades or even several centuries but having characterized the political practices in several countries. And even today, this political philosophy characterizes many régimes, notably in Africa.

One of the countries that has been domineered a long time on basis of this philosophy stays Zaire, currently the Democratic Republic of Congo. This country knew a long period of dictatoriship embodied by its ex-president, MOBUTU SESEKO. It is at a time about one period of glory but has prominent a dark page of the history of this country.

In this article, our analysis consists of two chutters. In a first time, we clarify the origin of this political thought and its developpement in the time and in the space. In the second chutter, we try to show in what measure, the machiavelism, a thought  been born in West, inspired MOBUTU SESE SEKO during the three decades of his its reign.