Richard Oxenberg (Endicott): On Poetry and Philosophy: Healing an Ancient Quarrel. The introduction to Baal and the Politics of Poetry by Aaron Tugendhaft. The first chapter from The Concept of Presocratic Philosophy: Its Origin, Development, and Significance by Andre Laks. Ryan Shinkel reviews Sophistry and Political Philosophy: Protagoras’ Challenge to Socrates by Robert C. Bartlett. Refik Guremen (MSGSU): In What Sense Exactly are Human Beings More Political According to Aristotle? What makes democracy intrinsically valuable: Andy Fitch interviews Josiah Ober, author of Demopolis: Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice.
The introduction to Premodern Rulership and Contemporary Political Power: The King’s Body Never Dies, ed. Karolina Mroziewicz and Aleksander Sroczynski. A republican for our times: Brickey LeQuire reviews Machiavelli’s Politics by Catherine H. Zuckert. Why a world history of political thought?
