Here are some of the key myths and what we actually learn from history. History looms large...
Political Science
Scholars debate the precise number of democratic waves and their causes. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate...
In the beginning and right before election day, political campaigns are exciting. However, in “the middle,” things...
Exploring Madison’s greatest fear about the future of the Republic he did so much to shape: the...
We can find important elements of Rousseau’s approach still alive and well in American politics and culture...
The prerequisites for the emergence of a public sphere were increasing levels of literacy which was spurred...
The Enlightenment of 17th-century Europe had the most immediate impact on the framers of the United States...
Like the Greeks and Romans of antiquity, Americans believed that government must concern itself with the character...
Critics argue that Congress has become the “broken branch” of government, marked by extreme partisanship and few...
Some of the people he has influenced don’t even realize it. When I was finishing a biography...
Confucius looked to “the wisdom of the ancients” and a “return to li”. Introduction The teachings and...
Balibar’s ‘portmanteau’ invites us to invent a ‘politics against politics’. Introduction It could be asserted that the...
Thomas Jefferson was aware of the pitfalls of democracy and never believed in the “pure democracy” scorned...
One of the reasons humans prefer an organized government is that we’ve had them for thousands of...
The use of this technique is meant to empower the sovereign to control subjects who collectively might...
Greek city-states developed different forms of governance with very different political structures and strengths. The Emergence of...
Thomas Jefferson was deeply distrustful of the potential abuses of monarchy. By Dr. M. Andrew Holowchak To Benjamin...
Constructing a “national” identity of the Athenian inhabitants during the tyrannical governance of Peisistratos and his sons....