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Plato, Confucius and Aristotle. Ancient Greek philosophy is widely taught in American universities, but classes in Chinese philosophy are few and far between. Public domain

July 20, 2017

Why the US doesn’t understand Chinese thought – and must

Bryan W. Van Norden, Yale-NUS College

It’s more important than ever that the U.S. understand China. So why don’t our universities teach Chinese thought?

What do you call a democracy that depends on the exclusion of whole groups from political participation? Gaia/Wikipedia Commons

October 7, 2016

What’s in a name? How a democracy becomes an aristocracy

Sandra Leonie Field, Yale-NUS College

Democracy today contains within itself impulses towards both inclusion and exclusion. Spinoza’s thinking on aristocracy should alert us to how democratic rule by the people can be hollowed out.

Did the Roman arenas of political conflict support the common good? Trey Ratcliff/flickr

November 20, 2015

Contentious politics: Hobbes, Machiavelli and corporate power

Sandra Leonie Field, Yale-NUS College

History offers countless examples of social change that is now consolidated and popularly supported, but which was only achieved through protests that were judged at the time to be extreme.

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Contentious politics: Hobbes, Machiavelli and corporate power

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