Republicanism: Cynicism and Nobility in Theory and Practice, Part One
Professor Michael Anton traces the trend of U.S. popular cynicism and criticism of government back through the history of the U.S. to the Federalist Papers. He continues further back in time to consider whether the Founders' cynicism was inspired by classical sources such as the Greeks and Machiavelli's The Prince.
This lecture continues in Republicanism: Cynicism and Nobility in Theory and Practice, Part Two.