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Praise for Trump and Political Philosophy PRAISE FOR TRUMP AND POLItICAL PHILOSOPHY “Bringing the wisdom contained within the history of political philosophy to bear on the shocking events of the past few years, these essays give us what we need most of all: illumination in place of obfuscation.” —Damon Linker, Senior Correspondent, The Week “Anyone who believes that philosophy has the ability and responsibility to reflect upon the concerns of the present will find these volumes utterly compelling.” —Jeffrey Bernstein, Professor, Philosophy, College of the Holy Cross, USA “Certainly we have had a plethora of books speaking about the rise of Trump… but there is nothing from this timeless perspective.” —Bryan Paul-Frost, Associate Professor, Political Science, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA Angel Jaramillo Torres Marc Benjamin Sable Editors Trump and Political Philosophy Leadership, Statesmanship, and Tyranny Editors Angel Jaramillo Torres Marc Benjamin Sable National Autonomous University Universidad Iberoamericana of Mexico Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico ISBN 978-3-319-74444-5 ISBN 978-3-319-74445-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74445-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018940463 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the ­publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and ­institutional affiliations. Cover design by Fatima Jamadar Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland To Leslie Rubin, a fine scholar and a good friend PREFACE To edit a volume that is a compilation of essays on the hypothetical opin- ions of classical and modern philosophers on the 45th Presidency of the United States is undoubtedly a challenge. The predicament is compounded by the inescapable fact that Donald Trump is unlikely to be interested in philosophy. According to his own public testimonies, Trump’s favorite books are the Bible and The Art of the Deal—not necessarily in that order. Perhaps this book will find a place on the bookshelves of citizens interested in the fate of American democracy, and more generally the world they are living in as the twentieth-first cen- tury approaches its third decade. This volume is divided into three parts: Ancient and Medieval Political Thought, Modern and Liberal Thought, and Continental Perspectives.1 The quarrel between ancient and moderns can help us to better under- stand statesmanship, tyranny, and leadership—themes critical for the America which has witnessed the rise of Trump. Political philosophy is, among other things, a meditation about real and desired regimes. It should be noted that this book has a companion volume, Trump and Political Philosophy: Patriotism, Cosmopolitanism and Civic Virtue, and the project was originally intended as a single volume. If the reader finds some great thinker or political stance lacking here, we hope that they will look in there for insights. This collection is undoubtedly diverse, not only in terms of the thinkers with whom our contributors engage, but also in their politics. We have included authors who believe, explicitly or implicitly, that Donald Trump lacks the moral, political, and technical capacities to govern the United vii viii PREFACE States. We have decided to give voice as well to those who are optimistic about Trump and believe that he deserves a chance to demonstrate that he can deliver the goods. Our decision is likely not to garner much assent from either side of the political spectrum, but since this book is written from the point of view of philosophy, we think that dogmatism is the most perfidious of intellectual vices. All in all, we subscribe to the Socratic injunction that one is an edu- cated person to the extent one knows one’s ignorance. Moreover, it is our conviction that the strengthening of the public sphere needs an open and non-dogmatic discussion of ideas about what Trump’s surprising electoral victory means. If, as several of the contributors point out, the dangers of the present political landscape stem from our inability to rationally discuss the great issues of our time—that we are more comfortable arguing with the like-minded—we hope that this book will foster a dialogue across political divides that can improve the quality of American democracy. Of course, this book cannot provide all the insights that the philoso- phers might bring to bear on contemporary politics, or even just Trump, even taken together with its companion volume. But like the proverbial exiled poet, we have launched this book like a message in a bottle thrown into the sea. We hope some fishermen in search of human messages will find it and read it. Perhaps it can help them to get their bearings amidst a troubled moment in the American political landscape. NOTE 1. The term “liberal” is not used here in the typical contemporary American political sense, i.e., in opposition to postwar conservatism. We use the term “liberal” to refer to all those political philosophies and ideologies which place an emphasis on formal, legal freedom, and the constitutional orders which support it. Our use of the term does not entail any particular stance as to the proper role of government in regulation of business, about which our contributors disagree, i.e., some of them are liberal, some conservative, and some radical in the conventional terminology of American politics. Depending on context, “neoliberal” might refer to a general acceptance of free markets, which has dominated thinking worldwide since the 1980s, or it might refer to the specific position represented by the Clintons’ reformist politics within the broad parameters of contemporary corporate capitalism. ACKnOWLEDGMEnTS A project like this—which we count as including its sister volume, Trump and Political Philosophy: Patriotism, Cosmopolitanism and Civic Virtue— necessarily generates different sorts of debts than a work consisting of a single argument authored by a single scholar. These are the debts of friendship, in the broad sense of the Greek word philia. We are indebted in three ways: institutionally, professionally, and personally. First, we thank the organizations which facilitated this project: The Northeastern Political Science Association (NPSA), where we organized the first “Trump in the Face of Political Philosophy” panels that took place three days after the 2016 presidential election. We thank the NPSA also for the two roundtables based on essays in this book, one year later, and, more generally, as a forum where we met many of the contributors. The Association for Core Texts and Courses was also an excellent venue, where in the spring of 2017 we met a number of the contributors to this volume and quickly become friends. In addition, Angel Jaramillo was able to work on this project thanks to a postdoctoral fellowship provided by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT, Mexico’s equivalent of the National Science Foundation). He was able to work on this project as part of a postdoctoral position at the Coordinación de Estudios de Posgrado at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He wishes thus to thank the coordinator in the area of philosophy at that time, Leticia Flores Farfán. He acknowledges the support of the philosopher Josu Landa too. Second, there are also numerous individuals who facilitated this proj- ect, by helping to foster the conversation that we hope these two books constitute. We owe particular thanks to Nathan Tarcov of the University ix x ACKNOWLEDGMENTS of Chicago, Richard Velkley of Tulane University, Joshua Parens of the University of Dallas, William Kristol of The Weekly Standard, and Jeffrey Bernstein of the College of the Holy Cross. Although none contributed essays, each made suggestions for inclusions in the volume and generously put us in contact with scholars who did participate. Three others who did contribute essays—Susan Shell, Gladden Pappin and Catherine Zuckert— also helped us to identify scholars whose essays likewise grace this volume. Above all, this project would have been impossible without the scholars who wrote essays for this book, and its sister volume. We believe their essays exhibit not only a very high quality of scholarship but also a serious- ness about politics. More prosaically, they were patient with two editors who learned “on the job” how to manage an intellectual project with 37 contributors. Moreover, they were fine colleagues, responding to com- ments on drafts and providing materials in a prompt fashion. We thank them all. We are of course grateful to the staff at Palgrave Macmillan, especially Michelle Chen and John Stegner who helped these novice co-editors through the process of turning a collection of essays into a finished manu- script.
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