Machiavelli Archives - Starting Points

10 Jul Author Interview with Steven Smith

Posted at 10:00h in Standard Articles by The Political Theory Review

A Political Theory Review interview with Steven Smith about his new book, Modernity and Its Discontents ...

03 Jul Author Interview with Ryan Patrick Hanley

Posted at 00:01h in Standard Articles by The Political Theory Review

A Political Theory Review interview with Ryan Patrick Hanley about his new book, Love's Enlightenment: Rethinking Charity in Modernity ...

26 Jun Plutocrats and Demagogues: The Prophetic Warning of Montesquieu

Posted at 00:01h in Standard Articles by Nicholas W. Drummond

The French political thinker Baron de Montesquieu predicted the divisiveness of our current political climate. He also anticipated the two major threats likely to emerge in large democratic republics like the United States: plutocrats and tyrant demagogues. ...