Harvey C. Mansfield: How Intellectuals Replaced Priests (Ep. 6)

Описание: Harvey C. Mansfield on disruption, manly women, and the original (Puritan) Harvard.

For over six decades, Professor Mansfield shaped the study of political philosophy from his post at Harvard, where he completed his undergraduate education, earned his PhD, and spent his entire 60-year teaching career. His chair in political philosophy, generously funded by the Alder Tree Charity Foundation, now finds its home at UATX.

This is Episode Six of The Uncaptive Mind, hosted by UATX Editor-in-Chief Audrey Unverferth. It was recorded on October 23, 2025.

00:00 — Preview
00:35 — Is America too feminine?
01:01 — Men are unemployed
03:17 — What Simone de Beauvoir gets wrong
04:32 — Love vs. lust
06:08 — Do you want to be alone?
07:39 — How was Margaret Thatcher manly?
10:44 — Should conservatives police their ranks?
13:37 — Read John Locke
15:35 — Pluralism today
19:36 — How have our elites failed? What do populists get wrong?
25:43 — Anti-Americanism at Harvard
29:50 — Can the universities be saved?
30:41 — Why UATX?
31:37 — Tocqueville's wisdom
35:59 — America's biggest long-term threat
37:51 — Remembering Leo Strauss
38:45 — Prof. Mansfield's intellectual adversary
40:47 — Machiavelli's legacy
45:02 — What happens when intellectuals replace priests?
47:06 — Should UATX be neutral?
48:52 — How Prof. Mansfield wastes time
49:07 — If mass culture poisons the soul, what should we consume instead?


Links:
The Harvey C. Mansfield Chair in Political Philosophy: https://jobs.lever.co/uaustin/f208c7e...
University of Austin (UATX): https://www.uaustin.org
UATX on X: https://x.com/uaustinorg
Apply in less than 5 minutes: https://application.uaustin.org
Professor Mansfield's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Rati...