In The Rise and Fall of Rational Control, Harvey C. Mansfield, one of the chieftains of modern American conservatism, suggests that ‘modernity’ is first and foremost an attempt to place reason in control of human life and to direct its powers toward human freedom (The Rise and Fall, p. 202). Politics then becomes the art of rational control over the passions of men for the sake of a more secure pursuit of individual happiness. A particularly fam…
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