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Tag: Republicanism
Freedom Under Tutelage: Rousseau’s Education of Dependency
Rousseau on education and freedom begins with a disturbing premise: a person can be taught independence only by passing through…
The Prince and the Theater of Necessity
A serious The Prince interpretation must begin by refusing the most seductive mistake about Machiavelli’s book: treating “the prince” as…
Reason After the Barricades: Kant, Revolution, and the Discipline of Enthusiasm
Kant’s public reason was conceived before the French Revolution but acquired its sharpest political meaning after 1789, when emancipation appeared…
