The Rise and Fall of Rational Control
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The Rise and Fall of Rational Control
| Full title | The Rise and Fall of Rational Control: The History of Modern Political Philosophy |
|---|---|
| Author | Harvey C. Mansfield |
| Published | 2026 |
| Pages | 324 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Mansfield’s Harvard survey course written down — modern political philosophy from Machiavelli to Nietzsche as a single arc. |
Where I heard about it
- @contrapolisci — on X (February 2026), quoting a review: the book “distills a lifetime of lecturing on the modern political project, from its Machiavellian origins to its Nietzschean unraveling.”
About this edition
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2026.
Connections
- Liberalism — the project whose rise and unravelling the book narrates.
- Ideological Family Tree — a whole lineage in one volume.
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