Harvey Mansfield

**Harvey Claflin Mansfield Jr.** (born March 21, 1932) is an American political philosopher. He is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government at Harvard University. He received the National Humanities Medal in 2004. He is known for his conservative stance on political issues in his writings.

## Works

- _Statesmanship and Party Government: A Study of Burke and Bolingbroke_. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.
- _The Spirit of Liberalism_. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1978.
- _Machiavelli's New Modes and Orders: A Study of the Discourses on Livy_. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1979. Rpt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001.
- _Thomas Jefferson: Selected Writings_. Ed. and introd. Wheeling, IL: H. Davidson, 1979.
- _Selected Letters of Edmund Burke_. Ed. with introd. entitled "Burke's Theory of Political Practice". Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984.
- _The Prince_, by Niccolò Machiavelli. Trans. and introd. 2nd (corr.) ed. 1985; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. (Inc. glossary.)
- _Florentine Histories_, by Niccolò Machiavelli. Ed., trans. and introd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988. (Co-trans. and co-ed., Laura F. Banfield.)
- _Taming the Prince: The Ambivalence of Modern Executive Power_. New York: The Free Press, 1989.
- _America's Constitutional Soul_. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991.
- _Machiavelli’s Virtue_. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
- _Discourses on Livy_, by Niccolò Machiavelli. Trans. and introd. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. (Co-trans., Nathan Tarcov.)
- _Democracy in America_, by Alexis de Tocqueville. Trans. and introd. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. (Co-trans., Delba Winthrop.)
- _A Student’s Guide to Political Philosophy_. Wilmington, DE: ISI Books, 2001.
- _Manliness_. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.
- _Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction_. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.

## Other websites

- HarveyMansfield.org .  Website devoted to the work of Harvey Mansfield in a searchable format along with scholarly commentary, multimedia, biography, and other resources.
- "Democracy in America". Colloquium on their translation of the book _Democracy in America_, by Alexis de Tocqueville, presented by Harvey Mansfield and Delba Winthrop. March 30, 2001. Ashbrook Center, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio.
- "Dr. Harvey Mansfield, Author of _Manliness_". Public lecture at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, Saint Anselm College, Goffstown, New Hampshire. April 20, 2006. Accessed June 17, 2007. MP3 podcast.
- Harvey Mansfield, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Government . Faculty webpage. Department of Government, Harvard University.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Harvey Mansfield
- **image**: Harvey Mansfield by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- **caption**: Mansfield in March 2017
- **birth name**: Harvey Claflin Mansfield Jr.
- **birth place**: New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
- **nationality**: American
- **alma mater**: Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, BA, PhD)
- **occupation**: William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government
- **awards**: National Humanities Medal
Guggenheim Fellowship
Bradley Prize
Philip Merrill Award
- **employer**: Harvard University