Predicting Our Own Demise
In the world of science fiction, technology plays a significant role in shaping the imaginative landscapes that captivate audiences.[1] From spaceships and time travel to aliens and…
In the world of science fiction, technology plays a significant role in shaping the imaginative landscapes that captivate audiences.[1] From spaceships and time travel to aliens and…
Cain, Patrick N, Stephen Patrick Sims, and Stephen A. Block, eds. Democracy and the History of Political Thought. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2021 There is a tendency…
Neema Parvini. The Populist Delusion. Perth, Australia: Imperium Press, 2022. What entails the backlash against populist politics, a political ideology that once held respectable admiration in…
Alexis De Tocqueville was not an American. But as a political observer and theorist, he is more American than any American; he is also the quintessential writer…
Yoram Hazony. Conservatism: A Rediscovery. Washington DC: Regnery, 2022. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the past 30 years has abounded with intellectual brouhaha over…
Abundantly does Adam Smith use “liberty” in The Wealth of Nations (WN).[1] “Liberty” usually means “allowing every man to pursue his own interest his own way” (WN…
William Shakespeare, that great bard of Stratford-upon-Avon, was not a political theorist. But he had much to say about politics. Or, at least, his plays are often…
Hörcher, Ferenc. 2021. The Political Philosophy of the European City. Lanham: Lexington Books. Most political science programs nowadays teach students to use the same rubric to…
Indian Political Theory: Laying the Groundwork for Svaraj. Aakash Singh Rathore. London and New York: Routledge, 2017. Aakash Sing Rathore’s Indian Political Theory promises nothing less…
My approach to political theory was influenced by Eric Voegelin in courses he taught at Notre Dame in 1965 and 1967. My mentors at Notre Dame (Voegelin,…
Political Theory: Methods and Approaches. David Leopold and Marc Stears, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. As their book opens, “Political theorists are often silent on…