Benjamin Franklin has avoided the fate of the other Founding Fathers in that he has not become a target for historians. People like George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, even Robert Morris – the entire starting line-up of the American Revolution – have all become enmeshed in ideological and political conflicts, in their […]
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Liberal Freedom: Author Interview with Eric MacGilvray
Eric MacGilvray (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is Professor of Political Science and Philosophy. His research and teaching interests center in modern and contemporary political thought, with an emphasis on liberal, republican, and democratic theory and the pragmatic philosophical tradition. He is the author of Liberal Freedom (Cambridge University Press, 2022), The Invention of Market Freedom (Cambridge University Press, […]
Book Review: The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics
The following is a review of The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding, by Kody W. Cooper and Justin Buckley Dyer (Cambridge University Press, 2022). An enduring challenge in politics is how to achieve a strong and unified community amidst cultural and religious diversity. From ancient […]
Classical Republicanism, Lockean Liberalism, and the Creation of the American Republic
As several scholars, like Bernard Bailyn, Caroline Robbins, and Gordon Wood, have reminded us, a number of ideological influences have played a significant role in the creation of the American republic. Among them were two opposing concepts that were at the center of the Founders’ debate over the meaning of republicanism in America. One was […]
Hanging Together: The Problem of Difference and Disagreement in a Democracy
The following is a conversation with Eric Cheng about his recently published book, Hanging Together: Role-Based Constitutional Fellowship and the Challenge of Difference and Disagreement (Cambridge University Press, 2022). Eric, I recently had the chance to spend some time with your latest book, Hanging Together: Role-Based Constitutional Fellowship and the Challenge of Difference and Disagreement. [...]
