The Place Where It All Starts
At Starting Points, we take the long view of American politics. Non-partisan and interdisciplinary, we aim to understand American politics by looking before and beyond our current political situation—before to the historical, cultural and intellectual roots of American politics, and beyond to the overarching ideas and guiding ideals of our unique political tradition.
A conversation with Benjamin and Jenna Storey about their recent co-authored book, Why We Are Restless (Princeton University Press, 2021). Hear more interviews from The Political Theory Review.
Adrienne Koch famously described Madison and Jefferson’s fifty-year political relationship as the “great collaboration.” Gordon Wood later called theirs the greatest collaboration in American political history. Few scholars would disagree with these assessments. The Federalists themselves were accustomed to refer to Madison as the General and Jefferson as the Generalissimo of the emerging Republican Party, […]
A conversation with Manu Samnotra about his recent book, Worldly Shame (Lexington Press, 2020). Hear more interviews from The Political Theory Review. Cover Photo by Joanna Nix-Walkup on Unsplash.
A conversation with Sara Rushing about her recent book, The Virtues of Vulnerability (Oxford University Press, 2020). Hear more interviews from The Political Theory Review. Cover Photo by Anthony Intraversato on Unsplash.
