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Professor Mansfield Is In
It is always a treat to talk with Harvey Mansfield—Harvey C. Mansfield Jr., the scholar of political philosophy. He has been on the faculty of Harvard University (his alma mater) since 1962. Today, he is a professor emeritus.
Many times, he has been my guest on Q&A. And he is again.
His new book is The Rise and Fall of Rational Control: The History of Modern Political Philosophy.
Opening question (mine): What is modern political philosophy? That is, when does it begin? It begins, says Professor Mansfield, with “Nick Machiavelli” (as he calls him, with a smile). Machiavelli advanced the idea…
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