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The Hegelian-Marxism of Du Bois: On the Meaning of Double Consciousness
Note: I wrote this paper during my first-year of college, while I was enrolled in Yale’s Directed Studies program. I wanted to share it unedited because, as I look back on my academic journey and intellectual growth, I come to the realization that I have traveled a long, long way in my quest for knowledge.…
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Rousseau and the Problem of Modern Society
(It is Bastille Day – July 14, 2023 – the day that commemorates the French Revolution. On July 14, 1789, revolutionary elements stormed the Bastille, a symbol of dogmatic authority and political repression in the then Ancien Regime under King Louis XVI. This event is thought to have fully ushered in a new world,…
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Montesquieu on the Nature and Principle of Political Regime
Like classical and medieval political philosophers and thinkers, Charles de Montesquieu does provide an account of political regime. Unlike them, he does not classify regimes based on the intentions or passions of the rulers. Put another way, Montesquieu has no theory of virtue versus vice. According to the ‘ancients’ or classical tradition, a good regime…
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