New
1776 in Mind: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Panel discussion with Tim Stuart-Buttle and Brian Young, National Association of Scholars
The Point
Selected Writing & Media
From Cicero to Trump, They're All in Plutarch's Lives
The Wall Street Journal, with Rebecca Burgess
Claremont Review of Books, a review of Catherine Zuckert's Machiavelli's Politics
Gibbon's Christianity: Religion, Reason, and the Fall of Rome
Interview, Institute of Intellectual History, University of St Andrews
Plutarch as Philosopher and Political Thinker: A Conversation with Hugh Liebert
Podcast, New Books Network / Madison's Notes
Law & Liberty podcast with Rebecca Burgess on Kissinger's Leadership and Plutarch's Parallel Lives
Books
A study of ambition, empire, and the character of political life in Plutarch's Lives. Winner of the Delba Winthrop Award for Excellence in Political Science.
Religion, reason, and the fall of Rome in Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall.
About
Hugh Liebert writes for general readers about politics, history, and civic life. His essays have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, First Things, and The Point. He is currently writing a book on ambition and the political life of small towns.
Liebert is a professor of political science at West Point, where he directs the Dawkins Scholars Program and is founding co-director of the American Foundations Program. He is the author or editor of seven books, including Plutarch's Politics (winner of the Delba Winthrop Award) and Gibbon's Christianity. His scholarship examines how ancient and early modern thinkers understood ambition, citizenship, and the purpose of politics.
Contact
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