Books
Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Statesmanship and Party Government: A Study of Burke and Bolingbroke
– University of Chicago Press, 1965.Excerpt: In considering the origins of party government, we face this problem: parties are universal, but party government is recent. Parties are universal because in politics men act for… More
Review of Coleridge and the Idea of the Modern State
– Review of Coleridge and the Idea of the Modern State, by David P. Calleo, Journal of Modern History, vol. 40 (1968): 431-33.Review of Politics and Experience
– Review of Politics and Experience, Preston King and B. C. Parekh, eds., Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 10 (1969): 1284-87.Spirit of Liberalism
– Harvard University Press, 1978.Excerpt: IN THE election of 1972 the coalition of which the Democratic party is composed came unstuck as its voters divided into enthusiasts for McGovern or against Nixon and supporters of… More
Selected Letters of Edmund Burke
– Edited with an introduction entitled "Burke's Theory of Political Practice," University of Chicago Press, 1984.Edmund Burke
– "Edmund Burke," History of Political Philosophy, Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, eds., 3rd ed., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.Excerpt: For almost all his adult life, Burke was a politician; for almost thirty years he was a member of the House of Commons, busy with the affairs of his party in the daily management… More
Pride versus Interest in American Conservatism Today
– "Pride versus Interest in American Conservatism Today," Government and Opposition, Vol. 22 (1987), pp. 194-205.Choice and Consent in the American Experiment
– "Choice and Consent in the American Experiment," The Intercollegiate Review, Spring 1987, pp. 19-23.Review Article of George Gilder’s Men and Marriage
– "Beauty and the Beast: Review Article of George Gilder's Men and Marriage," Policy Review, Winter 1987, pp. 76-78.Excerpt: I n this revision of his book Sexual Suicide, George Gilder continues and expands his lonely opposition to feminism. He is the one male who has the gall, or the courage, to say… More
Taming the Prince: The Ambivalence of Modern Executive Power
– The Free Press, 1989; paperback edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (April 1, 1993)Excerpt: To understand the modern doctrine of executive power, we need to know, at least approximately, what executive power is. It might at first seem best to go directly to the thing and… More
America’s Constitutional Soul
– The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (March 1, 1993)Excerpt: When it comes to American politics, I am an amateur. I love America at its best, or even at its most characteristic: “only in America.” Perhaps this kind of love ought… More
Less Means Less
– "Less Means Less," review of Dead Right, by David Frum, Times Literary Supplement, 10 February 1995.An Idea and Its Consequences
– "An Idea and Its Consequences," review of Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea, by Irving Kristol, National Review, 12 February 1996, 27-28.Re-Politicizing American Politics
– "Re-Politicizing American Politics: What a 'Living Constitution' Really Means," Weekly Standard, 29 July 1996.Excerpt: How remarkable it is that Americans feel so dependent on government and at the same time so contemptuous of it! This is a political situation that gives hope to both Democrats and… More
Tocqueville and Conservatism
– "Tocqueville and Conservatism," panel discussion, C-SPAN, 12 September 1997.The 30 Years’ War
– Janet Tassel, "The Thirty Years War," Harvard Magazine, September 1999.Excerpt: Thirty years ago, on a warm April day in 1969, Harvard faced one of the most daunting challenges in its history. Under the leadership of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS),… More
Where We Stand: The Conservative End of Education
– "Where We Stand: The Conservative End of Education," National Review, 3 July 2000, 25-26.Bush Conservatore e Progressista
– “Bush Conservatore e Progressista," La Stampa, 5 November 2004.Conservatism Today
– "Conservatism Today," lecture, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 3 June 2005.Burke’s Conservatism
– “Burke’s Conservatism,” An Imaginative Whig: Reassessing the Life and Thought of Edmund Burke, Ian Crowe, ed., Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2005, 59-70.How to Survive as a Conservative at Harvard
– "How to Survive as a Conservative at Harvard," Harvard Salient, 22 September 2005.Stranger in a Strange Land
– "Stranger in a Strange Land," review of American Vertigo, by Bernard-Henri Lévi, Wall Street Journal, 27 January 2006.Excerpt: In the mid-1970s, the “new philosophers” of France, stirred by Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “Gulag Archipelago,” rebelled against the Marxism that… More
Rational Control
– “Rational Control,” The New Criterion, September 2006, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 39-44.Excerpt: In the brand new building where I work, the lights go on and off, the shades go up and down, and the toilets flush, automatically, without your having to turn a switch or push a… More
The American Academy with Harvey Mansfield
– "The American Academy with Harvey Mansfield," interview with Peter Robinson, Uncommon Knowledge, Hoover Institution, 17 September 2010.Profile in Courage by Emily Esfahani Smith
– Emily Esfahani Smith, “Profile in Courage: Harvey Mansfield,” Defining Ideas (a Hoover Institution online journal), December 13, 2010.Excerpt: Liberalism believes that there are principles by which we live, self-evident truths, and that is our founding principle, all men are created equal.” Referring back to his foil,… More
Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 2: Liberalism and Conservatism
– 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.What Is the Future of Conservatism?
– "What Is the Future of Conservatism?," Commentary Magazine, January 2013.Excerpt: It’s possible to be too concerned with the future–or to be judged too concerned–as conservatives discovered in the election of 2012. In winning, liberals paid almost no… More
The Higher Education Scandal
– "The Higher Education Scandal" Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2013.Excerpt: Today’s liberals do not use liberalism to achieve excellence, but abandon excellence to achieve liberalism. They have effectually eliminated conservatism from higher… More
Conversations with Bill Kristol: Harvey Mansfield II
– Harvey Mansfield (Interview number 2) Conversations with Bill Kristol, September 1, 2014.In the second of an ongoing series of interviews with the Harvard professor on Conversations with Bill Kristol, Mansfield and Kristol discuss the wisdom of the Federalist, the challenges… More
Conversations with Bill Kristol: Harvey Mansfield XII
– Harvey Mansfield (Interview 12), Conversations with Bill Kristol, Released: April 24, 2017.Bill Kristol interviews Harvey Mansfield about the Senate’s confirmation hearings for Neil Gorsuch, an event that “turned out to be a lesson in politics. You were learning from… More
Essays
Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Statesmanship and Party Government: A Study of Burke and Bolingbroke
– University of Chicago Press, 1965.Excerpt: In considering the origins of party government, we face this problem: parties are universal, but party government is recent. Parties are universal because in politics men act for… More
Review of Coleridge and the Idea of the Modern State
– Review of Coleridge and the Idea of the Modern State, by David P. Calleo, Journal of Modern History, vol. 40 (1968): 431-33.Review of Politics and Experience
– Review of Politics and Experience, Preston King and B. C. Parekh, eds., Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 10 (1969): 1284-87.Spirit of Liberalism
– Harvard University Press, 1978.Excerpt: IN THE election of 1972 the coalition of which the Democratic party is composed came unstuck as its voters divided into enthusiasts for McGovern or against Nixon and supporters of… More
Selected Letters of Edmund Burke
– Edited with an introduction entitled "Burke's Theory of Political Practice," University of Chicago Press, 1984.Edmund Burke
– "Edmund Burke," History of Political Philosophy, Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, eds., 3rd ed., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.Excerpt: For almost all his adult life, Burke was a politician; for almost thirty years he was a member of the House of Commons, busy with the affairs of his party in the daily management… More
Pride versus Interest in American Conservatism Today
– "Pride versus Interest in American Conservatism Today," Government and Opposition, Vol. 22 (1987), pp. 194-205.Choice and Consent in the American Experiment
– "Choice and Consent in the American Experiment," The Intercollegiate Review, Spring 1987, pp. 19-23.Review Article of George Gilder’s Men and Marriage
– "Beauty and the Beast: Review Article of George Gilder's Men and Marriage," Policy Review, Winter 1987, pp. 76-78.Excerpt: I n this revision of his book Sexual Suicide, George Gilder continues and expands his lonely opposition to feminism. He is the one male who has the gall, or the courage, to say… More
Taming the Prince: The Ambivalence of Modern Executive Power
– The Free Press, 1989; paperback edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (April 1, 1993)Excerpt: To understand the modern doctrine of executive power, we need to know, at least approximately, what executive power is. It might at first seem best to go directly to the thing and… More
America’s Constitutional Soul
– The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (March 1, 1993)Excerpt: When it comes to American politics, I am an amateur. I love America at its best, or even at its most characteristic: “only in America.” Perhaps this kind of love ought… More
Less Means Less
– "Less Means Less," review of Dead Right, by David Frum, Times Literary Supplement, 10 February 1995.An Idea and Its Consequences
– "An Idea and Its Consequences," review of Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea, by Irving Kristol, National Review, 12 February 1996, 27-28.Re-Politicizing American Politics
– "Re-Politicizing American Politics: What a 'Living Constitution' Really Means," Weekly Standard, 29 July 1996.Excerpt: How remarkable it is that Americans feel so dependent on government and at the same time so contemptuous of it! This is a political situation that gives hope to both Democrats and… More
Tocqueville and Conservatism
– "Tocqueville and Conservatism," panel discussion, C-SPAN, 12 September 1997.The 30 Years’ War
– Janet Tassel, "The Thirty Years War," Harvard Magazine, September 1999.Excerpt: Thirty years ago, on a warm April day in 1969, Harvard faced one of the most daunting challenges in its history. Under the leadership of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS),… More
Where We Stand: The Conservative End of Education
– "Where We Stand: The Conservative End of Education," National Review, 3 July 2000, 25-26.Bush Conservatore e Progressista
– “Bush Conservatore e Progressista," La Stampa, 5 November 2004.Conservatism Today
– "Conservatism Today," lecture, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 3 June 2005.Burke’s Conservatism
– “Burke’s Conservatism,” An Imaginative Whig: Reassessing the Life and Thought of Edmund Burke, Ian Crowe, ed., Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2005, 59-70.How to Survive as a Conservative at Harvard
– "How to Survive as a Conservative at Harvard," Harvard Salient, 22 September 2005.Stranger in a Strange Land
– "Stranger in a Strange Land," review of American Vertigo, by Bernard-Henri Lévi, Wall Street Journal, 27 January 2006.Excerpt: In the mid-1970s, the “new philosophers” of France, stirred by Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “Gulag Archipelago,” rebelled against the Marxism that… More
Rational Control
– “Rational Control,” The New Criterion, September 2006, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 39-44.Excerpt: In the brand new building where I work, the lights go on and off, the shades go up and down, and the toilets flush, automatically, without your having to turn a switch or push a… More
The American Academy with Harvey Mansfield
– "The American Academy with Harvey Mansfield," interview with Peter Robinson, Uncommon Knowledge, Hoover Institution, 17 September 2010.Profile in Courage by Emily Esfahani Smith
– Emily Esfahani Smith, “Profile in Courage: Harvey Mansfield,” Defining Ideas (a Hoover Institution online journal), December 13, 2010.Excerpt: Liberalism believes that there are principles by which we live, self-evident truths, and that is our founding principle, all men are created equal.” Referring back to his foil,… More
Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 2: Liberalism and Conservatism
– 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.What Is the Future of Conservatism?
– "What Is the Future of Conservatism?," Commentary Magazine, January 2013.Excerpt: It’s possible to be too concerned with the future–or to be judged too concerned–as conservatives discovered in the election of 2012. In winning, liberals paid almost no… More
The Higher Education Scandal
– "The Higher Education Scandal" Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2013.Excerpt: Today’s liberals do not use liberalism to achieve excellence, but abandon excellence to achieve liberalism. They have effectually eliminated conservatism from higher… More
Conversations with Bill Kristol: Harvey Mansfield II
– Harvey Mansfield (Interview number 2) Conversations with Bill Kristol, September 1, 2014.In the second of an ongoing series of interviews with the Harvard professor on Conversations with Bill Kristol, Mansfield and Kristol discuss the wisdom of the Federalist, the challenges… More
Conversations with Bill Kristol: Harvey Mansfield XII
– Harvey Mansfield (Interview 12), Conversations with Bill Kristol, Released: April 24, 2017.Bill Kristol interviews Harvey Mansfield about the Senate’s confirmation hearings for Neil Gorsuch, an event that “turned out to be a lesson in politics. You were learning from… More
Commentary
Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Statesmanship and Party Government: A Study of Burke and Bolingbroke
– University of Chicago Press, 1965.Excerpt: In considering the origins of party government, we face this problem: parties are universal, but party government is recent. Parties are universal because in politics men act for… More
Review of Coleridge and the Idea of the Modern State
– Review of Coleridge and the Idea of the Modern State, by David P. Calleo, Journal of Modern History, vol. 40 (1968): 431-33.Review of Politics and Experience
– Review of Politics and Experience, Preston King and B. C. Parekh, eds., Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 10 (1969): 1284-87.Spirit of Liberalism
– Harvard University Press, 1978.Excerpt: IN THE election of 1972 the coalition of which the Democratic party is composed came unstuck as its voters divided into enthusiasts for McGovern or against Nixon and supporters of… More
Selected Letters of Edmund Burke
– Edited with an introduction entitled "Burke's Theory of Political Practice," University of Chicago Press, 1984.Edmund Burke
– "Edmund Burke," History of Political Philosophy, Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, eds., 3rd ed., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.Excerpt: For almost all his adult life, Burke was a politician; for almost thirty years he was a member of the House of Commons, busy with the affairs of his party in the daily management… More
Pride versus Interest in American Conservatism Today
– "Pride versus Interest in American Conservatism Today," Government and Opposition, Vol. 22 (1987), pp. 194-205.Choice and Consent in the American Experiment
– "Choice and Consent in the American Experiment," The Intercollegiate Review, Spring 1987, pp. 19-23.Review Article of George Gilder’s Men and Marriage
– "Beauty and the Beast: Review Article of George Gilder's Men and Marriage," Policy Review, Winter 1987, pp. 76-78.Excerpt: I n this revision of his book Sexual Suicide, George Gilder continues and expands his lonely opposition to feminism. He is the one male who has the gall, or the courage, to say… More
Taming the Prince: The Ambivalence of Modern Executive Power
– The Free Press, 1989; paperback edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (April 1, 1993)Excerpt: To understand the modern doctrine of executive power, we need to know, at least approximately, what executive power is. It might at first seem best to go directly to the thing and… More
America’s Constitutional Soul
– The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (March 1, 1993)Excerpt: When it comes to American politics, I am an amateur. I love America at its best, or even at its most characteristic: “only in America.” Perhaps this kind of love ought… More
Less Means Less
– "Less Means Less," review of Dead Right, by David Frum, Times Literary Supplement, 10 February 1995.An Idea and Its Consequences
– "An Idea and Its Consequences," review of Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea, by Irving Kristol, National Review, 12 February 1996, 27-28.Re-Politicizing American Politics
– "Re-Politicizing American Politics: What a 'Living Constitution' Really Means," Weekly Standard, 29 July 1996.Excerpt: How remarkable it is that Americans feel so dependent on government and at the same time so contemptuous of it! This is a political situation that gives hope to both Democrats and… More
Tocqueville and Conservatism
– "Tocqueville and Conservatism," panel discussion, C-SPAN, 12 September 1997.The 30 Years’ War
– Janet Tassel, "The Thirty Years War," Harvard Magazine, September 1999.Excerpt: Thirty years ago, on a warm April day in 1969, Harvard faced one of the most daunting challenges in its history. Under the leadership of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS),… More
Where We Stand: The Conservative End of Education
– "Where We Stand: The Conservative End of Education," National Review, 3 July 2000, 25-26.Bush Conservatore e Progressista
– “Bush Conservatore e Progressista," La Stampa, 5 November 2004.Conservatism Today
– "Conservatism Today," lecture, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 3 June 2005.Burke’s Conservatism
– “Burke’s Conservatism,” An Imaginative Whig: Reassessing the Life and Thought of Edmund Burke, Ian Crowe, ed., Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2005, 59-70.How to Survive as a Conservative at Harvard
– "How to Survive as a Conservative at Harvard," Harvard Salient, 22 September 2005.Stranger in a Strange Land
– "Stranger in a Strange Land," review of American Vertigo, by Bernard-Henri Lévi, Wall Street Journal, 27 January 2006.Excerpt: In the mid-1970s, the “new philosophers” of France, stirred by Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “Gulag Archipelago,” rebelled against the Marxism that… More
Rational Control
– “Rational Control,” The New Criterion, September 2006, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 39-44.Excerpt: In the brand new building where I work, the lights go on and off, the shades go up and down, and the toilets flush, automatically, without your having to turn a switch or push a… More
The American Academy with Harvey Mansfield
– "The American Academy with Harvey Mansfield," interview with Peter Robinson, Uncommon Knowledge, Hoover Institution, 17 September 2010.Profile in Courage by Emily Esfahani Smith
– Emily Esfahani Smith, “Profile in Courage: Harvey Mansfield,” Defining Ideas (a Hoover Institution online journal), December 13, 2010.Excerpt: Liberalism believes that there are principles by which we live, self-evident truths, and that is our founding principle, all men are created equal.” Referring back to his foil,… More
Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 2: Liberalism and Conservatism
– 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.What Is the Future of Conservatism?
– "What Is the Future of Conservatism?," Commentary Magazine, January 2013.Excerpt: It’s possible to be too concerned with the future–or to be judged too concerned–as conservatives discovered in the election of 2012. In winning, liberals paid almost no… More
The Higher Education Scandal
– "The Higher Education Scandal" Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2013.Excerpt: Today’s liberals do not use liberalism to achieve excellence, but abandon excellence to achieve liberalism. They have effectually eliminated conservatism from higher… More
Conversations with Bill Kristol: Harvey Mansfield II
– Harvey Mansfield (Interview number 2) Conversations with Bill Kristol, September 1, 2014.In the second of an ongoing series of interviews with the Harvard professor on Conversations with Bill Kristol, Mansfield and Kristol discuss the wisdom of the Federalist, the challenges… More
Conversations with Bill Kristol: Harvey Mansfield XII
– Harvey Mansfield (Interview 12), Conversations with Bill Kristol, Released: April 24, 2017.Bill Kristol interviews Harvey Mansfield about the Senate’s confirmation hearings for Neil Gorsuch, an event that “turned out to be a lesson in politics. You were learning from… More
Multimedia
Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Statesmanship and Party Government: A Study of Burke and Bolingbroke
– University of Chicago Press, 1965.Excerpt: In considering the origins of party government, we face this problem: parties are universal, but party government is recent. Parties are universal because in politics men act for… More
Review of Coleridge and the Idea of the Modern State
– Review of Coleridge and the Idea of the Modern State, by David P. Calleo, Journal of Modern History, vol. 40 (1968): 431-33.Review of Politics and Experience
– Review of Politics and Experience, Preston King and B. C. Parekh, eds., Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 10 (1969): 1284-87.Spirit of Liberalism
– Harvard University Press, 1978.Excerpt: IN THE election of 1972 the coalition of which the Democratic party is composed came unstuck as its voters divided into enthusiasts for McGovern or against Nixon and supporters of… More
Selected Letters of Edmund Burke
– Edited with an introduction entitled "Burke's Theory of Political Practice," University of Chicago Press, 1984.Edmund Burke
– "Edmund Burke," History of Political Philosophy, Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, eds., 3rd ed., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.Excerpt: For almost all his adult life, Burke was a politician; for almost thirty years he was a member of the House of Commons, busy with the affairs of his party in the daily management… More
Pride versus Interest in American Conservatism Today
– "Pride versus Interest in American Conservatism Today," Government and Opposition, Vol. 22 (1987), pp. 194-205.Choice and Consent in the American Experiment
– "Choice and Consent in the American Experiment," The Intercollegiate Review, Spring 1987, pp. 19-23.Review Article of George Gilder’s Men and Marriage
– "Beauty and the Beast: Review Article of George Gilder's Men and Marriage," Policy Review, Winter 1987, pp. 76-78.Excerpt: I n this revision of his book Sexual Suicide, George Gilder continues and expands his lonely opposition to feminism. He is the one male who has the gall, or the courage, to say… More
Taming the Prince: The Ambivalence of Modern Executive Power
– The Free Press, 1989; paperback edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (April 1, 1993)Excerpt: To understand the modern doctrine of executive power, we need to know, at least approximately, what executive power is. It might at first seem best to go directly to the thing and… More
America’s Constitutional Soul
– The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (March 1, 1993)Excerpt: When it comes to American politics, I am an amateur. I love America at its best, or even at its most characteristic: “only in America.” Perhaps this kind of love ought… More
Less Means Less
– "Less Means Less," review of Dead Right, by David Frum, Times Literary Supplement, 10 February 1995.An Idea and Its Consequences
– "An Idea and Its Consequences," review of Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea, by Irving Kristol, National Review, 12 February 1996, 27-28.Re-Politicizing American Politics
– "Re-Politicizing American Politics: What a 'Living Constitution' Really Means," Weekly Standard, 29 July 1996.Excerpt: How remarkable it is that Americans feel so dependent on government and at the same time so contemptuous of it! This is a political situation that gives hope to both Democrats and… More
Tocqueville and Conservatism
– "Tocqueville and Conservatism," panel discussion, C-SPAN, 12 September 1997.The 30 Years’ War
– Janet Tassel, "The Thirty Years War," Harvard Magazine, September 1999.Excerpt: Thirty years ago, on a warm April day in 1969, Harvard faced one of the most daunting challenges in its history. Under the leadership of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS),… More
Where We Stand: The Conservative End of Education
– "Where We Stand: The Conservative End of Education," National Review, 3 July 2000, 25-26.Bush Conservatore e Progressista
– “Bush Conservatore e Progressista," La Stampa, 5 November 2004.Conservatism Today
– "Conservatism Today," lecture, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 3 June 2005.Burke’s Conservatism
– “Burke’s Conservatism,” An Imaginative Whig: Reassessing the Life and Thought of Edmund Burke, Ian Crowe, ed., Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2005, 59-70.How to Survive as a Conservative at Harvard
– "How to Survive as a Conservative at Harvard," Harvard Salient, 22 September 2005.Stranger in a Strange Land
– "Stranger in a Strange Land," review of American Vertigo, by Bernard-Henri Lévi, Wall Street Journal, 27 January 2006.Excerpt: In the mid-1970s, the “new philosophers” of France, stirred by Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “Gulag Archipelago,” rebelled against the Marxism that… More
Rational Control
– “Rational Control,” The New Criterion, September 2006, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 39-44.Excerpt: In the brand new building where I work, the lights go on and off, the shades go up and down, and the toilets flush, automatically, without your having to turn a switch or push a… More
The American Academy with Harvey Mansfield
– "The American Academy with Harvey Mansfield," interview with Peter Robinson, Uncommon Knowledge, Hoover Institution, 17 September 2010.Profile in Courage by Emily Esfahani Smith
– Emily Esfahani Smith, “Profile in Courage: Harvey Mansfield,” Defining Ideas (a Hoover Institution online journal), December 13, 2010.Excerpt: Liberalism believes that there are principles by which we live, self-evident truths, and that is our founding principle, all men are created equal.” Referring back to his foil,… More
Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 2: Liberalism and Conservatism
– 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.What Is the Future of Conservatism?
– "What Is the Future of Conservatism?," Commentary Magazine, January 2013.Excerpt: It’s possible to be too concerned with the future–or to be judged too concerned–as conservatives discovered in the election of 2012. In winning, liberals paid almost no… More
The Higher Education Scandal
– "The Higher Education Scandal" Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2013.Excerpt: Today’s liberals do not use liberalism to achieve excellence, but abandon excellence to achieve liberalism. They have effectually eliminated conservatism from higher… More
Conversations with Bill Kristol: Harvey Mansfield II
– Harvey Mansfield (Interview number 2) Conversations with Bill Kristol, September 1, 2014.In the second of an ongoing series of interviews with the Harvard professor on Conversations with Bill Kristol, Mansfield and Kristol discuss the wisdom of the Federalist, the challenges… More
Conversations with Bill Kristol: Harvey Mansfield XII
– Harvey Mansfield (Interview 12), Conversations with Bill Kristol, Released: April 24, 2017.Bill Kristol interviews Harvey Mansfield about the Senate’s confirmation hearings for Neil Gorsuch, an event that “turned out to be a lesson in politics. You were learning from… More
Teaching
Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Statesmanship and Party Government: A Study of Burke and Bolingbroke
– University of Chicago Press, 1965.Excerpt: In considering the origins of party government, we face this problem: parties are universal, but party government is recent. Parties are universal because in politics men act for… More
Review of Coleridge and the Idea of the Modern State
– Review of Coleridge and the Idea of the Modern State, by David P. Calleo, Journal of Modern History, vol. 40 (1968): 431-33.Review of Politics and Experience
– Review of Politics and Experience, Preston King and B. C. Parekh, eds., Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 10 (1969): 1284-87.Spirit of Liberalism
– Harvard University Press, 1978.Excerpt: IN THE election of 1972 the coalition of which the Democratic party is composed came unstuck as its voters divided into enthusiasts for McGovern or against Nixon and supporters of… More
Selected Letters of Edmund Burke
– Edited with an introduction entitled "Burke's Theory of Political Practice," University of Chicago Press, 1984.Edmund Burke
– "Edmund Burke," History of Political Philosophy, Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, eds., 3rd ed., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.Excerpt: For almost all his adult life, Burke was a politician; for almost thirty years he was a member of the House of Commons, busy with the affairs of his party in the daily management… More
Pride versus Interest in American Conservatism Today
– "Pride versus Interest in American Conservatism Today," Government and Opposition, Vol. 22 (1987), pp. 194-205.Choice and Consent in the American Experiment
– "Choice and Consent in the American Experiment," The Intercollegiate Review, Spring 1987, pp. 19-23.Review Article of George Gilder’s Men and Marriage
– "Beauty and the Beast: Review Article of George Gilder's Men and Marriage," Policy Review, Winter 1987, pp. 76-78.Excerpt: I n this revision of his book Sexual Suicide, George Gilder continues and expands his lonely opposition to feminism. He is the one male who has the gall, or the courage, to say… More
Taming the Prince: The Ambivalence of Modern Executive Power
– The Free Press, 1989; paperback edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (April 1, 1993)Excerpt: To understand the modern doctrine of executive power, we need to know, at least approximately, what executive power is. It might at first seem best to go directly to the thing and… More
America’s Constitutional Soul
– The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (March 1, 1993)Excerpt: When it comes to American politics, I am an amateur. I love America at its best, or even at its most characteristic: “only in America.” Perhaps this kind of love ought… More
Less Means Less
– "Less Means Less," review of Dead Right, by David Frum, Times Literary Supplement, 10 February 1995.An Idea and Its Consequences
– "An Idea and Its Consequences," review of Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea, by Irving Kristol, National Review, 12 February 1996, 27-28.Re-Politicizing American Politics
– "Re-Politicizing American Politics: What a 'Living Constitution' Really Means," Weekly Standard, 29 July 1996.Excerpt: How remarkable it is that Americans feel so dependent on government and at the same time so contemptuous of it! This is a political situation that gives hope to both Democrats and… More
Tocqueville and Conservatism
– "Tocqueville and Conservatism," panel discussion, C-SPAN, 12 September 1997.The 30 Years’ War
– Janet Tassel, "The Thirty Years War," Harvard Magazine, September 1999.Excerpt: Thirty years ago, on a warm April day in 1969, Harvard faced one of the most daunting challenges in its history. Under the leadership of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS),… More
Where We Stand: The Conservative End of Education
– "Where We Stand: The Conservative End of Education," National Review, 3 July 2000, 25-26.Bush Conservatore e Progressista
– “Bush Conservatore e Progressista," La Stampa, 5 November 2004.Conservatism Today
– "Conservatism Today," lecture, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 3 June 2005.Burke’s Conservatism
– “Burke’s Conservatism,” An Imaginative Whig: Reassessing the Life and Thought of Edmund Burke, Ian Crowe, ed., Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2005, 59-70.How to Survive as a Conservative at Harvard
– "How to Survive as a Conservative at Harvard," Harvard Salient, 22 September 2005.Stranger in a Strange Land
– "Stranger in a Strange Land," review of American Vertigo, by Bernard-Henri Lévi, Wall Street Journal, 27 January 2006.Excerpt: In the mid-1970s, the “new philosophers” of France, stirred by Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “Gulag Archipelago,” rebelled against the Marxism that… More
Rational Control
– “Rational Control,” The New Criterion, September 2006, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 39-44.Excerpt: In the brand new building where I work, the lights go on and off, the shades go up and down, and the toilets flush, automatically, without your having to turn a switch or push a… More
The American Academy with Harvey Mansfield
– "The American Academy with Harvey Mansfield," interview with Peter Robinson, Uncommon Knowledge, Hoover Institution, 17 September 2010.Profile in Courage by Emily Esfahani Smith
– Emily Esfahani Smith, “Profile in Courage: Harvey Mansfield,” Defining Ideas (a Hoover Institution online journal), December 13, 2010.Excerpt: Liberalism believes that there are principles by which we live, self-evident truths, and that is our founding principle, all men are created equal.” Referring back to his foil,… More
Harvey Mansfield 80th Birthday Conference Panel 2: Liberalism and Conservatism
– 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.What Is the Future of Conservatism?
– "What Is the Future of Conservatism?," Commentary Magazine, January 2013.Excerpt: It’s possible to be too concerned with the future–or to be judged too concerned–as conservatives discovered in the election of 2012. In winning, liberals paid almost no… More
The Higher Education Scandal
– "The Higher Education Scandal" Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2013.Excerpt: Today’s liberals do not use liberalism to achieve excellence, but abandon excellence to achieve liberalism. They have effectually eliminated conservatism from higher… More
Conversations with Bill Kristol: Harvey Mansfield II
– Harvey Mansfield (Interview number 2) Conversations with Bill Kristol, September 1, 2014.In the second of an ongoing series of interviews with the Harvard professor on Conversations with Bill Kristol, Mansfield and Kristol discuss the wisdom of the Federalist, the challenges… More
Conversations with Bill Kristol: Harvey Mansfield XII
– Harvey Mansfield (Interview 12), Conversations with Bill Kristol, Released: April 24, 2017.Bill Kristol interviews Harvey Mansfield about the Senate’s confirmation hearings for Neil Gorsuch, an event that “turned out to be a lesson in politics. You were learning from… More