Books
Burke on Christianity
– "Burke on Christianity," Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 9 (1968), pp. 864-865.Machiavelli’s New Modes and Orders: A Study of the Discourses on Livy
– Cornell University Press, 1979; reprinted, University of Chicago Press, 2001.Review of The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought
– Review of The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought: From Antiquity to the Reformation, by G. W. Trompf, Review of Metaphysics, vol. 34 (December 1980): 400-402.Review of Dissidence et Philosophie au Moyen Age
– Review of Dissidence et Philosophie au Moyen Age: Dante et Ses Antecedents, by Ernest L. Fortin, American Political Science Review, vol. 77 (1983): 270-71.Machiavelli’s The Prince
– A new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1985; second edition, with corrections and a glossary, 1998.The Partisan Historian
– "The Partisan Historian," review of The Cycles of American History, by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., American Spectator, February 1987.Excerpt: The author of these sparkling essays (republished, but rewritten) is much more partisan than most other historians think proper. Whereas they see partisanship as a danger to be… More
Machiavelli’s Florentine Histories
– A new translation with introduction, Princeton University Press, 1988.Machiavel L’art de la guerre
– Introduction, Flammarion, 1991.Foreword to Priests as Physicians of Souls in Marsilius of Padua’s “Defensor Pacis”
– Foreword to Priests as Physicians of Souls in Marsilius of Padua’s "Defensor Pacis," by Stephen F. Torraco, San Francisco: Mellen Research University Press, 1992.Review of The Counter-Reformation Prince
– Review of The Counter-Reformation Prince: Anti-Machiavellianism or Catholic Statecraft in Early Modern Europe, by Robert Bireley, American Historical Review, vol. 97 (February 1992): 182.Niccolò Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy
– a new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1996.Foreword to Piety and Humanity
– Foreword to Piety and Humanity, Douglas Kries, ed., Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997.Machiavelli’s Virtue
– University Of Chicago Press; Reprint edition (March 25, 1998)Excerpt: Machiavelli’s political science has not received the attention it deserves. All commentators are attracted, with a force they often seem not to understand, by the question of… More
The City of Manent
– "The City of Manent: A French Political Philosopher Examines Modernity," review of The City of Man, by Pierre Manent, Weekly Standard, 15 June 1998.Excerpt: A book like Pierre Manent’s The City of Man doesn’t come along every day. Originally published in France in 1994 and now brought out in English by Princeton… More
Jaffa vs. Mansfield
– West, Thomas G., "Jaffa vs. Mansfield," Perspectives on Political Science, Claremont Institute, Fall 2002.Excerpt: What were the original principles of the American Constitution? Are those principles true? Many historians and political scientists write about the first question. Scholars are… More
The Christian Socrates
– "The Christian Socrates," review of Dissent and Philosophy in the Middle Ages: Dante and His Precursors, by Ernest L. Fortin, Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2003.Excerpt: The late Ernest L. Fortin was a priest in the Assumptionist order who taught for many years at Assumption College and Boston College. This book is a translation of the original… More
The Captive Woman
– "The Captive Woman," Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2004.Excerpt: Not many sermons these days concern the laws of war for the Israelites as distinguished from the Israelis. But consider that the captive woman, though beautiful and fairly won,… More
Harvey Mansfield: In-Depth
– "In-Depth with Harvey Mansfield," interview, C-SPAN, 4 September 2005.Charity in Speech
– "The Common Form of All the Virtues," a sermon delivered in Appleton Chapel, Harvard University, February 12, 2008, Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2008.Excerpt: The tongues of men still praise charity, though never in words of such surpassing beauty as these. But what of the deeds of men? A recent book by the economist Arthur C. Brooks,… More
Washington Square
– "Washington Square," review of Washington Square, by Henry James, Claremont Review of Books, 18 October 2010.Excerpt: Henry James’s short novel Washington Square is about Dr. Austin Sloper, a resident of that Square in New York City, who cannot persuade his daughter Catherine not to marry… More
Providence and Democracy
– "Providence and Democracy," Claremont Review of Books, Winter/Spring 2010/2011.Excerpt: Alexis de Tocqueville was a liberal, but, as he once wrote, a “new kind of liberal.” For us, no feature of his new liberalism is more remarkable than the alliance… More
Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 1: Party Government
– Harvey Mansfield on his 80th Birthday: A Review of His Works. This event is sponsored by the Program on Constitutional Government in the Department of Government, and in affiliation with the Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University. 30 March 2012.Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 4: Machiavelli and Indirect Government
– Harvey Mansfield on his 80th Birthday: A Review of His Works. This event is sponsored by the Program on Constitutional Government in the Department of Government, and in affiliation with the Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University. 30 March 2012.Birth of the Modern
– "Birth of the Modern," Wall Street Journal, 23 June 2013.Excerpt: For this grand role, the mind of Machiavelli must have been capable of acting on its own, informed but not dictated by the events of the time. Machiavelli had much to say on this… More
Machiavelli’s Enterprise
– “Machiavelli’s Enterprise,” The New Criterion (October 2013).Excerpt: To create the modern world Machiavelli initiated a two-fold transformation of politics and philosophy that would bring them together: politics with the elevation of philosophy and… More
Essays
Burke on Christianity
– "Burke on Christianity," Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 9 (1968), pp. 864-865.Machiavelli’s New Modes and Orders: A Study of the Discourses on Livy
– Cornell University Press, 1979; reprinted, University of Chicago Press, 2001.Review of The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought
– Review of The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought: From Antiquity to the Reformation, by G. W. Trompf, Review of Metaphysics, vol. 34 (December 1980): 400-402.Review of Dissidence et Philosophie au Moyen Age
– Review of Dissidence et Philosophie au Moyen Age: Dante et Ses Antecedents, by Ernest L. Fortin, American Political Science Review, vol. 77 (1983): 270-71.Machiavelli’s The Prince
– A new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1985; second edition, with corrections and a glossary, 1998.The Partisan Historian
– "The Partisan Historian," review of The Cycles of American History, by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., American Spectator, February 1987.Excerpt: The author of these sparkling essays (republished, but rewritten) is much more partisan than most other historians think proper. Whereas they see partisanship as a danger to be… More
Machiavelli’s Florentine Histories
– A new translation with introduction, Princeton University Press, 1988.Machiavel L’art de la guerre
– Introduction, Flammarion, 1991.Foreword to Priests as Physicians of Souls in Marsilius of Padua’s “Defensor Pacis”
– Foreword to Priests as Physicians of Souls in Marsilius of Padua’s "Defensor Pacis," by Stephen F. Torraco, San Francisco: Mellen Research University Press, 1992.Review of The Counter-Reformation Prince
– Review of The Counter-Reformation Prince: Anti-Machiavellianism or Catholic Statecraft in Early Modern Europe, by Robert Bireley, American Historical Review, vol. 97 (February 1992): 182.Niccolò Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy
– a new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1996.Foreword to Piety and Humanity
– Foreword to Piety and Humanity, Douglas Kries, ed., Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997.Machiavelli’s Virtue
– University Of Chicago Press; Reprint edition (March 25, 1998)Excerpt: Machiavelli’s political science has not received the attention it deserves. All commentators are attracted, with a force they often seem not to understand, by the question of… More
The City of Manent
– "The City of Manent: A French Political Philosopher Examines Modernity," review of The City of Man, by Pierre Manent, Weekly Standard, 15 June 1998.Excerpt: A book like Pierre Manent’s The City of Man doesn’t come along every day. Originally published in France in 1994 and now brought out in English by Princeton… More
Jaffa vs. Mansfield
– West, Thomas G., "Jaffa vs. Mansfield," Perspectives on Political Science, Claremont Institute, Fall 2002.Excerpt: What were the original principles of the American Constitution? Are those principles true? Many historians and political scientists write about the first question. Scholars are… More
The Christian Socrates
– "The Christian Socrates," review of Dissent and Philosophy in the Middle Ages: Dante and His Precursors, by Ernest L. Fortin, Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2003.Excerpt: The late Ernest L. Fortin was a priest in the Assumptionist order who taught for many years at Assumption College and Boston College. This book is a translation of the original… More
The Captive Woman
– "The Captive Woman," Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2004.Excerpt: Not many sermons these days concern the laws of war for the Israelites as distinguished from the Israelis. But consider that the captive woman, though beautiful and fairly won,… More
Harvey Mansfield: In-Depth
– "In-Depth with Harvey Mansfield," interview, C-SPAN, 4 September 2005.Charity in Speech
– "The Common Form of All the Virtues," a sermon delivered in Appleton Chapel, Harvard University, February 12, 2008, Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2008.Excerpt: The tongues of men still praise charity, though never in words of such surpassing beauty as these. But what of the deeds of men? A recent book by the economist Arthur C. Brooks,… More
Washington Square
– "Washington Square," review of Washington Square, by Henry James, Claremont Review of Books, 18 October 2010.Excerpt: Henry James’s short novel Washington Square is about Dr. Austin Sloper, a resident of that Square in New York City, who cannot persuade his daughter Catherine not to marry… More
Providence and Democracy
– "Providence and Democracy," Claremont Review of Books, Winter/Spring 2010/2011.Excerpt: Alexis de Tocqueville was a liberal, but, as he once wrote, a “new kind of liberal.” For us, no feature of his new liberalism is more remarkable than the alliance… More
Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 1: Party Government
– Harvey Mansfield on his 80th Birthday: A Review of His Works. This event is sponsored by the Program on Constitutional Government in the Department of Government, and in affiliation with the Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University. 30 March 2012.Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 4: Machiavelli and Indirect Government
– Harvey Mansfield on his 80th Birthday: A Review of His Works. This event is sponsored by the Program on Constitutional Government in the Department of Government, and in affiliation with the Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University. 30 March 2012.Birth of the Modern
– "Birth of the Modern," Wall Street Journal, 23 June 2013.Excerpt: For this grand role, the mind of Machiavelli must have been capable of acting on its own, informed but not dictated by the events of the time. Machiavelli had much to say on this… More
Machiavelli’s Enterprise
– “Machiavelli’s Enterprise,” The New Criterion (October 2013).Excerpt: To create the modern world Machiavelli initiated a two-fold transformation of politics and philosophy that would bring them together: politics with the elevation of philosophy and… More
Commentary
Burke on Christianity
– "Burke on Christianity," Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 9 (1968), pp. 864-865.Machiavelli’s New Modes and Orders: A Study of the Discourses on Livy
– Cornell University Press, 1979; reprinted, University of Chicago Press, 2001.Review of The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought
– Review of The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought: From Antiquity to the Reformation, by G. W. Trompf, Review of Metaphysics, vol. 34 (December 1980): 400-402.Review of Dissidence et Philosophie au Moyen Age
– Review of Dissidence et Philosophie au Moyen Age: Dante et Ses Antecedents, by Ernest L. Fortin, American Political Science Review, vol. 77 (1983): 270-71.Machiavelli’s The Prince
– A new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1985; second edition, with corrections and a glossary, 1998.The Partisan Historian
– "The Partisan Historian," review of The Cycles of American History, by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., American Spectator, February 1987.Excerpt: The author of these sparkling essays (republished, but rewritten) is much more partisan than most other historians think proper. Whereas they see partisanship as a danger to be… More
Machiavelli’s Florentine Histories
– A new translation with introduction, Princeton University Press, 1988.Machiavel L’art de la guerre
– Introduction, Flammarion, 1991.Foreword to Priests as Physicians of Souls in Marsilius of Padua’s “Defensor Pacis”
– Foreword to Priests as Physicians of Souls in Marsilius of Padua’s "Defensor Pacis," by Stephen F. Torraco, San Francisco: Mellen Research University Press, 1992.Review of The Counter-Reformation Prince
– Review of The Counter-Reformation Prince: Anti-Machiavellianism or Catholic Statecraft in Early Modern Europe, by Robert Bireley, American Historical Review, vol. 97 (February 1992): 182.Niccolò Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy
– a new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1996.Foreword to Piety and Humanity
– Foreword to Piety and Humanity, Douglas Kries, ed., Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997.Machiavelli’s Virtue
– University Of Chicago Press; Reprint edition (March 25, 1998)Excerpt: Machiavelli’s political science has not received the attention it deserves. All commentators are attracted, with a force they often seem not to understand, by the question of… More
The City of Manent
– "The City of Manent: A French Political Philosopher Examines Modernity," review of The City of Man, by Pierre Manent, Weekly Standard, 15 June 1998.Excerpt: A book like Pierre Manent’s The City of Man doesn’t come along every day. Originally published in France in 1994 and now brought out in English by Princeton… More
Jaffa vs. Mansfield
– West, Thomas G., "Jaffa vs. Mansfield," Perspectives on Political Science, Claremont Institute, Fall 2002.Excerpt: What were the original principles of the American Constitution? Are those principles true? Many historians and political scientists write about the first question. Scholars are… More
The Christian Socrates
– "The Christian Socrates," review of Dissent and Philosophy in the Middle Ages: Dante and His Precursors, by Ernest L. Fortin, Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2003.Excerpt: The late Ernest L. Fortin was a priest in the Assumptionist order who taught for many years at Assumption College and Boston College. This book is a translation of the original… More
The Captive Woman
– "The Captive Woman," Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2004.Excerpt: Not many sermons these days concern the laws of war for the Israelites as distinguished from the Israelis. But consider that the captive woman, though beautiful and fairly won,… More
Harvey Mansfield: In-Depth
– "In-Depth with Harvey Mansfield," interview, C-SPAN, 4 September 2005.Charity in Speech
– "The Common Form of All the Virtues," a sermon delivered in Appleton Chapel, Harvard University, February 12, 2008, Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2008.Excerpt: The tongues of men still praise charity, though never in words of such surpassing beauty as these. But what of the deeds of men? A recent book by the economist Arthur C. Brooks,… More
Washington Square
– "Washington Square," review of Washington Square, by Henry James, Claremont Review of Books, 18 October 2010.Excerpt: Henry James’s short novel Washington Square is about Dr. Austin Sloper, a resident of that Square in New York City, who cannot persuade his daughter Catherine not to marry… More
Providence and Democracy
– "Providence and Democracy," Claremont Review of Books, Winter/Spring 2010/2011.Excerpt: Alexis de Tocqueville was a liberal, but, as he once wrote, a “new kind of liberal.” For us, no feature of his new liberalism is more remarkable than the alliance… More
Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 1: Party Government
– Harvey Mansfield on his 80th Birthday: A Review of His Works. This event is sponsored by the Program on Constitutional Government in the Department of Government, and in affiliation with the Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University. 30 March 2012.Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 4: Machiavelli and Indirect Government
– Harvey Mansfield on his 80th Birthday: A Review of His Works. This event is sponsored by the Program on Constitutional Government in the Department of Government, and in affiliation with the Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University. 30 March 2012.Birth of the Modern
– "Birth of the Modern," Wall Street Journal, 23 June 2013.Excerpt: For this grand role, the mind of Machiavelli must have been capable of acting on its own, informed but not dictated by the events of the time. Machiavelli had much to say on this… More
Machiavelli’s Enterprise
– “Machiavelli’s Enterprise,” The New Criterion (October 2013).Excerpt: To create the modern world Machiavelli initiated a two-fold transformation of politics and philosophy that would bring them together: politics with the elevation of philosophy and… More
Multimedia
Burke on Christianity
– "Burke on Christianity," Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 9 (1968), pp. 864-865.Machiavelli’s New Modes and Orders: A Study of the Discourses on Livy
– Cornell University Press, 1979; reprinted, University of Chicago Press, 2001.Review of The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought
– Review of The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought: From Antiquity to the Reformation, by G. W. Trompf, Review of Metaphysics, vol. 34 (December 1980): 400-402.Review of Dissidence et Philosophie au Moyen Age
– Review of Dissidence et Philosophie au Moyen Age: Dante et Ses Antecedents, by Ernest L. Fortin, American Political Science Review, vol. 77 (1983): 270-71.Machiavelli’s The Prince
– A new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1985; second edition, with corrections and a glossary, 1998.The Partisan Historian
– "The Partisan Historian," review of The Cycles of American History, by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., American Spectator, February 1987.Excerpt: The author of these sparkling essays (republished, but rewritten) is much more partisan than most other historians think proper. Whereas they see partisanship as a danger to be… More
Machiavelli’s Florentine Histories
– A new translation with introduction, Princeton University Press, 1988.Machiavel L’art de la guerre
– Introduction, Flammarion, 1991.Foreword to Priests as Physicians of Souls in Marsilius of Padua’s “Defensor Pacis”
– Foreword to Priests as Physicians of Souls in Marsilius of Padua’s "Defensor Pacis," by Stephen F. Torraco, San Francisco: Mellen Research University Press, 1992.Review of The Counter-Reformation Prince
– Review of The Counter-Reformation Prince: Anti-Machiavellianism or Catholic Statecraft in Early Modern Europe, by Robert Bireley, American Historical Review, vol. 97 (February 1992): 182.Niccolò Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy
– a new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1996.Foreword to Piety and Humanity
– Foreword to Piety and Humanity, Douglas Kries, ed., Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997.Machiavelli’s Virtue
– University Of Chicago Press; Reprint edition (March 25, 1998)Excerpt: Machiavelli’s political science has not received the attention it deserves. All commentators are attracted, with a force they often seem not to understand, by the question of… More
The City of Manent
– "The City of Manent: A French Political Philosopher Examines Modernity," review of The City of Man, by Pierre Manent, Weekly Standard, 15 June 1998.Excerpt: A book like Pierre Manent’s The City of Man doesn’t come along every day. Originally published in France in 1994 and now brought out in English by Princeton… More
Jaffa vs. Mansfield
– West, Thomas G., "Jaffa vs. Mansfield," Perspectives on Political Science, Claremont Institute, Fall 2002.Excerpt: What were the original principles of the American Constitution? Are those principles true? Many historians and political scientists write about the first question. Scholars are… More
The Christian Socrates
– "The Christian Socrates," review of Dissent and Philosophy in the Middle Ages: Dante and His Precursors, by Ernest L. Fortin, Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2003.Excerpt: The late Ernest L. Fortin was a priest in the Assumptionist order who taught for many years at Assumption College and Boston College. This book is a translation of the original… More
The Captive Woman
– "The Captive Woman," Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2004.Excerpt: Not many sermons these days concern the laws of war for the Israelites as distinguished from the Israelis. But consider that the captive woman, though beautiful and fairly won,… More
Harvey Mansfield: In-Depth
– "In-Depth with Harvey Mansfield," interview, C-SPAN, 4 September 2005.Charity in Speech
– "The Common Form of All the Virtues," a sermon delivered in Appleton Chapel, Harvard University, February 12, 2008, Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2008.Excerpt: The tongues of men still praise charity, though never in words of such surpassing beauty as these. But what of the deeds of men? A recent book by the economist Arthur C. Brooks,… More
Washington Square
– "Washington Square," review of Washington Square, by Henry James, Claremont Review of Books, 18 October 2010.Excerpt: Henry James’s short novel Washington Square is about Dr. Austin Sloper, a resident of that Square in New York City, who cannot persuade his daughter Catherine not to marry… More
Providence and Democracy
– "Providence and Democracy," Claremont Review of Books, Winter/Spring 2010/2011.Excerpt: Alexis de Tocqueville was a liberal, but, as he once wrote, a “new kind of liberal.” For us, no feature of his new liberalism is more remarkable than the alliance… More
Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 1: Party Government
– Harvey Mansfield on his 80th Birthday: A Review of His Works. This event is sponsored by the Program on Constitutional Government in the Department of Government, and in affiliation with the Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University. 30 March 2012.Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 4: Machiavelli and Indirect Government
– Harvey Mansfield on his 80th Birthday: A Review of His Works. This event is sponsored by the Program on Constitutional Government in the Department of Government, and in affiliation with the Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University. 30 March 2012.Birth of the Modern
– "Birth of the Modern," Wall Street Journal, 23 June 2013.Excerpt: For this grand role, the mind of Machiavelli must have been capable of acting on its own, informed but not dictated by the events of the time. Machiavelli had much to say on this… More
Machiavelli’s Enterprise
– “Machiavelli’s Enterprise,” The New Criterion (October 2013).Excerpt: To create the modern world Machiavelli initiated a two-fold transformation of politics and philosophy that would bring them together: politics with the elevation of philosophy and… More
Teaching
Burke on Christianity
– "Burke on Christianity," Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 9 (1968), pp. 864-865.Machiavelli’s New Modes and Orders: A Study of the Discourses on Livy
– Cornell University Press, 1979; reprinted, University of Chicago Press, 2001.Review of The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought
– Review of The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought: From Antiquity to the Reformation, by G. W. Trompf, Review of Metaphysics, vol. 34 (December 1980): 400-402.Review of Dissidence et Philosophie au Moyen Age
– Review of Dissidence et Philosophie au Moyen Age: Dante et Ses Antecedents, by Ernest L. Fortin, American Political Science Review, vol. 77 (1983): 270-71.Machiavelli’s The Prince
– A new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1985; second edition, with corrections and a glossary, 1998.The Partisan Historian
– "The Partisan Historian," review of The Cycles of American History, by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., American Spectator, February 1987.Excerpt: The author of these sparkling essays (republished, but rewritten) is much more partisan than most other historians think proper. Whereas they see partisanship as a danger to be… More
Machiavelli’s Florentine Histories
– A new translation with introduction, Princeton University Press, 1988.Machiavel L’art de la guerre
– Introduction, Flammarion, 1991.Foreword to Priests as Physicians of Souls in Marsilius of Padua’s “Defensor Pacis”
– Foreword to Priests as Physicians of Souls in Marsilius of Padua’s "Defensor Pacis," by Stephen F. Torraco, San Francisco: Mellen Research University Press, 1992.Review of The Counter-Reformation Prince
– Review of The Counter-Reformation Prince: Anti-Machiavellianism or Catholic Statecraft in Early Modern Europe, by Robert Bireley, American Historical Review, vol. 97 (February 1992): 182.Niccolò Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy
– a new translation with introduction, University of Chicago Press, 1996.Foreword to Piety and Humanity
– Foreword to Piety and Humanity, Douglas Kries, ed., Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997.Machiavelli’s Virtue
– University Of Chicago Press; Reprint edition (March 25, 1998)Excerpt: Machiavelli’s political science has not received the attention it deserves. All commentators are attracted, with a force they often seem not to understand, by the question of… More
The City of Manent
– "The City of Manent: A French Political Philosopher Examines Modernity," review of The City of Man, by Pierre Manent, Weekly Standard, 15 June 1998.Excerpt: A book like Pierre Manent’s The City of Man doesn’t come along every day. Originally published in France in 1994 and now brought out in English by Princeton… More
Jaffa vs. Mansfield
– West, Thomas G., "Jaffa vs. Mansfield," Perspectives on Political Science, Claremont Institute, Fall 2002.Excerpt: What were the original principles of the American Constitution? Are those principles true? Many historians and political scientists write about the first question. Scholars are… More
The Christian Socrates
– "The Christian Socrates," review of Dissent and Philosophy in the Middle Ages: Dante and His Precursors, by Ernest L. Fortin, Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2003.Excerpt: The late Ernest L. Fortin was a priest in the Assumptionist order who taught for many years at Assumption College and Boston College. This book is a translation of the original… More
The Captive Woman
– "The Captive Woman," Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2004.Excerpt: Not many sermons these days concern the laws of war for the Israelites as distinguished from the Israelis. But consider that the captive woman, though beautiful and fairly won,… More
Harvey Mansfield: In-Depth
– "In-Depth with Harvey Mansfield," interview, C-SPAN, 4 September 2005.Charity in Speech
– "The Common Form of All the Virtues," a sermon delivered in Appleton Chapel, Harvard University, February 12, 2008, Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2008.Excerpt: The tongues of men still praise charity, though never in words of such surpassing beauty as these. But what of the deeds of men? A recent book by the economist Arthur C. Brooks,… More
Washington Square
– "Washington Square," review of Washington Square, by Henry James, Claremont Review of Books, 18 October 2010.Excerpt: Henry James’s short novel Washington Square is about Dr. Austin Sloper, a resident of that Square in New York City, who cannot persuade his daughter Catherine not to marry… More
Providence and Democracy
– "Providence and Democracy," Claremont Review of Books, Winter/Spring 2010/2011.Excerpt: Alexis de Tocqueville was a liberal, but, as he once wrote, a “new kind of liberal.” For us, no feature of his new liberalism is more remarkable than the alliance… More
Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 1: Party Government
– Harvey Mansfield on his 80th Birthday: A Review of His Works. This event is sponsored by the Program on Constitutional Government in the Department of Government, and in affiliation with the Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University. 30 March 2012.Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 4: Machiavelli and Indirect Government
– Harvey Mansfield on his 80th Birthday: A Review of His Works. This event is sponsored by the Program on Constitutional Government in the Department of Government, and in affiliation with the Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University. 30 March 2012.Birth of the Modern
– "Birth of the Modern," Wall Street Journal, 23 June 2013.Excerpt: For this grand role, the mind of Machiavelli must have been capable of acting on its own, informed but not dictated by the events of the time. Machiavelli had much to say on this… More
Machiavelli’s Enterprise
– “Machiavelli’s Enterprise,” The New Criterion (October 2013).Excerpt: To create the modern world Machiavelli initiated a two-fold transformation of politics and philosophy that would bring them together: politics with the elevation of philosophy and… More