A Political Theory Review interview with Devin Stauffer, Associate Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, about his recent book Hobbes’ Kingdom of Light (University of Chicago Press, 2018). Hear more interviews from The Political Theory Review.
Archives for November 2018
Gerald Ford and the Persistence of Constitutional Power
It is common for scholars to distinguish between a ‘traditional presidency’ that existed in the 18th and 19th Centuries and a ‘modern presidency’ that emerged in the mid-20th Century. Proponents of this distinction see the presidency created by the Constitution as fundamentally weak. The modern presidency, by contrast, is portrayed as stronger and able to […]