Harvey Mansfield (Interview 13), Conversations with Bill Kristol, Released: August 14, 2017.  

http://conversationswithbillkristol.org/video/harvey-mansfield-xiii/

Bill Kristol interviews Harvey Mansfield about Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) and particularly his masterwork, Gulliver’s Travels. In this Conversation, Mansfield provides an in-depth interpretation of Swift’s writing, which Mansfield calls “essentially political.” Through his illuminating analysis of Gulliver’s voyages and encounters, Mansfield uncovers Swift’s pointed though subtle critique of modernity. In sum, Mansfield argues that Swift deserves to be studied as an important thinker in the history of political philosophy.

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Conversations with Bill Kristol