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Harvey Mansfield at 93 did a 3-hour interview with no break, sharp as ever.
Here is the final product, a masterclass on Machiavelli: the Anti-Christ.
According to Mansfield, Machiavelli is the very founder of modernity, responsible for establishing the very world you and I live in. He is the... See more
Johnathan Bix.comto participate in the great decisions of government. There was, Lippmann brooded, no “intrinsic moral and intellectual virtue to majority rule.” Lippmann’s disenchantment with democracy anticipated the mood of today’s elites. From the top, the public, and the swings of public opinion, appeared irrational and uninformed. The human material out of wh
... See moreMartin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The Straussian Moment
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Why You Must Acquire Power at All Costs | Harvard’s Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli
youtube.comIn light of today’s news, I thought I would try to take a step back and provide perspective on what this is really all about.
I first became concerned about @Harvard when 34 Harvard student organizations, early on the morning of October 8th before Israel had taken any military actions in Gaza, came out publicly in suppo... See more
Bill Ackmanx.comPopulism gives life to Michel Foucault’s celebrated reversal of the Clausewitz dictum: Politics is the pursuit of war by other means.
Neil Howe • The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End
