books by Harvey Mansfield

books by Harvey Mansfield

books:

Harvey Mansfield

Harvey C. Mansfield

Yale University Press, 2007

Go watch Oprah or do Yoga or something
I've been browsing books on men's studies like this one, and I've noticed one thing. A lot of feminists and effeminates have made special effort to drag down the ratings for these books with 1-star reviews and dull, lengthy diatribes attacking the author's academic ...

A Student's Guide to Political Philosophy (Isi Guides to the Major Disciplines)

Harvey C. Mansfield

Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2001

The very best guide to the subject
Harvard University Professor Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., is well known within the discipline of political theory as one of the great figures of our time. Profoundly influenced by Leo Strauss, he also brings to his work a concern for the institutions of constitutional ...

The Prince: Second Edition

Niccolo Machiavelli

University Of Chicago Press, 1998

The Giant of the Self-Help Genre
Forget about Covey and the habits of highly effective people and any other book you have ever glanced at to try to pick yourself up and guide yourself out of the rat race and have a look at the greatest specimen ever conceived of the self-help genre. The Prince is a ...

Taming the Prince: The Ambivalence of Modern Executive Power

Harvey C., Jr. Mansfield

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993

A book for the dire-hard student of executive power
Mansfield deals with a wide array of conceptions of executive power in this very complex yet brilliantly comprehensive examination. If you want to know why the American executive faces its current problems of ambivalence and demagoguery, read "Taming the Prince" to ...

Florentine Histories: (New translation) Introduction by Harvey Mansfield, Jr.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Princeton University Press, 1990

Excellent
Macchiaveli shows in this book a great deal of his capacity to use history as an instrument of analysis of the politics. I would recommend the book, although I would also recommend to have read a couple of other Macchiaveli's works in advance in order to better ...

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

University Of Chicago Press, 2002

Treatise on American Democracy
This is a classic treatise by a French aristocrat who comprehensively examines the underpinnings of American democatic institutions. Including the rights and powers provided by the Consitution, forms of governments, and concepts of freedom and equality. In this book he ...

Selected Writings (Crofts Classics)
Thomas Jefferson, Harvey C. Mansfield

Harlan Davidson, 1979

This selection includes "A Summary View of British Rights in America" (excerpts), the complete text of, and letters on the Declaration of Independence, "An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom," "Notes on the State of Virginia" (excerpts), "Draft of the Kentucky Resolutions," the "First Inaugural Address," and various letters. Also included are ...

Discourses on Livy

Niccolo Machiavelli

University Of Chicago Press, 1998

Another Machiavelli. Different from the often known one.
No one who wants to have a fair outlook of the whole political reflexions of Machiavelli, might get it without reading "Discourses.." (Discorsi...). There the reader will find another kind of Machiavelli. Not The Prince's, but another thinker. Deeper and broader, the ...

Selected Letters of Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke

University Of Chicago Press, 2000

Edmund Burke (1729-97) was a British statesman, a political philosopher, a literary critic, the grandfather of modern conservatism, and an elegant, prolific letter writer and prose stylist. His most important letters, filled with sparkling prose and profound insights, are gathered here for the first time in one volume. Arranged topically, the ...

Machiavelli's New Modes and Orders: A Study of the Discourses on Livy

Harvey C. Mansfield

University Of Chicago Press, 2001

Unique and invaluable
The return of this book to print is a great boon to anyone interested in Machiavelli, or who has ever struggled through the Discourses wondering just what Old Nick is getting at. Originally published more than 20 years ago, "New Modes and Orders" remains the only full ...

America's Constitutional Soul (The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought)
Harvey C., Jr. Mansfield

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993

Focusing on the elections of 1980, 1982, and 1984, Mansfield critiques contemporary conservatism for its ignorance of the political theory implicit in the Constitution. "Provides `food for thought' for both `left' and `right,' and in particular for the American citizens about whom this book is concerned." -- Bradley A. Kletscher, Constitutional ...

Machiavelli's Virtue

Harvey C. Mansfield

University Of Chicago Press, 1998

Masterpiece
Nowhere easy to read, occasionally repetitive, but a masterpiece nonetheless. The second best book ever written about Machiavelli. Mansfield makes a claim so bold as to seem reckless. But the more time one spends checking it out, the truer it appears. Some ideas ...

Democracy in America
Alexis de Tocqueville

The Folio Society, 2002

"DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA is at once the best book ever written about democracy and the best book ever written on America."--from the PREFACE. These pages contain the timeless traveler's observations and refelctions of the French aristocrat, Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859). Orginally published by de Tocqueville in three volumes, this handsome Folio ...

Present Dangers: Rediscovering the First Amendment

David Lowenthal

Spence Publishing Company, 2003

Just, terrible...
This book rejects everyone who has ever considered the first amendment since the founders and framers of the constitution. It does so intentionally for the purpose of trying to get to its "true meaning." The problem with this plan lies in the Authors inability to ...