Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2019-09-30
Books mentioned on How To Think Politically - Graeme Garrard - #107
Graeme Garrard is a Teacher at Cardiff University & Harvard Summer School and an author. Why do we need politics?
Graeme Garrard discussed Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and The prince by Niccolò Machiavelli. Chris Williamson recommended How to Think Politically by James Bernard Murphy and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Leviathan
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes is a foundational 1651 political treatise arguing that human life in a state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short, and that peace requires absolute submission to a strong central authority.
Discussed“he lived during the English Civil War and he wrote his masterpiece Leviathan in response to the English Civil Wars have traumatized him”
Where to get it
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The prince
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli is a classic 16th-century political treatise offering a pragmatic, unflinching guide on how political power is acquired, maintained, and wielded.
Discussed“it was only after that that he wrote his his books the books for which he's most famous the prince for example”
Where to get it
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How to Think Politically
How to Think Politically by James Bernard Murphy and Graeme Garrard is an accessible guide that examines key political concepts, ideologies, and historical figures to help readers navigate political philosophy.
Recommended“the link to how to think politically will be in the show notes below anybody who is interested to go and check it out it will be linked there”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“one of the points I make in this book my co-author and I is that that isn't the whole story”
“I've got Douglas Murray on in a couple of weeks right talking about his new book which I need to hurry up reading which is over there”