# Media “Give Virtue a Chance: What Nasty Renaissance Politics can tell us about Nasty Modern Politics,” James Madison Program, Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship, Princeton University, May 17, 2021. Embed ### On "[Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy](/publications/political-meritocracy-renaissance-italythe-virtuous-republic-francesco)" ![first things podcast logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum8031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/jameshankins/files/first_things_podcast.png?itok=A9f1FzQF) [RULE OF THE COMPETENT](https://www.firstthings.com/media/rule-of-the-competent) James Hankins Interviewed by Mark Bauerlien First Things Podcast, September 18, 2023 On "[Virtue Politics](/publications/virtue-politics-soulcraft-and-statecraft-renaissance-italy)" Sort ![Books & Balance Podcast](/sites/g/files/omnuum8031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/jameshankins/files/bnb.jpg?itok=O6v_EeGt) [James Hankins on Intellectual Freedom in Medieval Universities—and Today"s](https://www.sjc.edu/communications/podcasts-and-media) (“Books and A Balance: A Podcast on Liberal Education”) St John’s University, Annapolis MD, podcast with Brendan Boyle, March 2022 ![Classical Learning Test Logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum8031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/jameshankins/files/clt_logo.jpg?itok=VL8lCr2O) [“Anchored” Podcast with Jeremy Tate on Virtue Politics](https://www.buzzsprout.com/1320010/6445447-james-hankins-on-virtue-politics)" (Classical Learning Test website), November 18, 2020, Episode 12 ![American Affairs Logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum8031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/jameshankins/files/american_affairs.jpg?itok=ogTtQuLb) "[Virtue Signaling: Humanism and Politics](/file_url/170)," by Noel Malcolm in American Affairs, Spring 2020, Volume IV, Number 1 ![Quillette Logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum8031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/jameshankins/files/quillette_logo.png?itok=AYsRRczG) [Quillette Magazine Podcast 70](https://quillette.com/2020/01/09/podcast-70-harvard-history-professor-james-harkin-talks-about-his-new-book-on-renaissance-italy/): James Hankins intervewed by Alexandra Hudson January 9, 2020 ![Public Discourse Logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum8031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/jameshankins/files/public_discourse.jpg?itok=wzhgtOSo) ["On Virtue Politics,"](https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2020/01/59123/) in Public Discourse James Hankins interviewed by Nathaniel Peters January 6, 2020 ![Spectator Logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum8031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/jameshankins/files/spectator_logo.png?itok=nkuK2sGL) "[The good, the bad and the political](https://spectator.us/good-bad-political-machiavelli/)," by James Hankins in The Spectator, USA, January 5, 2020 ![National Review Logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum8031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/jameshankins/files/logo-nationalreview.png?itok=x4shaO0P) ["Virtue Politics," The BookMonger Podcast](https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-bookmonger/episode-279-virtue-politics-by-james-hankins/), National Review James Hankins interviewed by John Miller December 30, 2019 ## Other Considerations Download 5 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=20&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=712956&content_filter%5B1%5D=712951&content_filter%5B2%5D=712946&content_filter%5B3%5D=712926&content_filter%5B4%5D=699996&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=20&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=712956&content_filter%5B1%5D=712951&content_filter%5B2%5D=712946&content_filter%5B3%5D=712926&content_filter%5B4%5D=699996&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=20&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=712956&content_filter%5B1%5D=712951&content_filter%5B2%5D=712946&content_filter%5B3%5D=712926&content_filter%5B4%5D=699996&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=20&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=712956&content_filter%5B1%5D=712951&content_filter%5B2%5D=712946&content_filter%5B3%5D=712926&content_filter%5B4%5D=699996&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=20&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=712956&content_filter%5B1%5D=712951&content_filter%5B2%5D=712946&content_filter%5B3%5D=712926&content_filter%5B4%5D=699996&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=20&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=712956&content_filter%5B1%5D=712951&content_filter%5B2%5D=712946&content_filter%5B3%5D=712926&content_filter%5B4%5D=699996&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=20&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=712956&content_filter%5B1%5D=712951&content_filter%5B2%5D=712946&content_filter%5B3%5D=712926&content_filter%5B4%5D=699996&&format=ris) ### 2023 Hankins J. [Libertà](/publications/libert%C3%A0) Bassi S, editor. Il lessico della modernità. Continuità e mutamento dal XVI al XVIII secolo. 2023:581–592. Hankins J. [Libertà](/publications/libert%C3%A0) Bassi S, editor. Il lessico della modernità. Continuità e mutamento dal XVI al XVIII secolo. 2023:581–592. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Thematic persistences and conceptual changes have marked the entire course of history, sometimes proceeding in parallel and sometimes intertwining, but it is undeniable that the early modern age represents in a paradigmatic way a privileged observatory... Hankins J. [Educating the Virtuous Citizen: A View from the Renaissance](/publications/educating-virtuous-citizen-view-renaissance) Williams BA, editor. Principia: A Journal of Classical Education. 2023;(Spring 2023):43–61. Hankins J. [Educating the Virtuous Citizen: A View from the Renaissance](/publications/educating-virtuous-citizen-view-renaissance) Williams BA, editor. Principia: A Journal of Classical Education. 2023;(Spring 2023):43–61. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.pdcnet.org/principia/content/principia_2023_0002_0001_0043_0061) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.pdcnet.org/principia/content/principia_2023_0002_0001_0043_0061) Hankins J. [Optimism for the Middle Class? An Alternative to Government Solutions](/publications/optimism-middle-classan-alternative-government-solutions). Law & Liberty. 2023. Hankins J. [Optimism for the Middle Class? An Alternative to Government Solutions](/publications/optimism-middle-classan-alternative-government-solutions). Law & Liberty. 2023. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://lawliberty.org/optimism-for-the-middle-class/) Instead of relying on government, the US could rebuild the middle class through private investment, income support, debt relief, and job training. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://lawliberty.org/optimism-for-the-middle-class/) Hankins J. [The Roman custom](/publications/roman-custom). The New Criterion. 2023;42(1). Hankins J. [The Roman custom](/publications/roman-custom). The New Criterion. 2023;42(1). - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://newcriterion.com/issues/2023/9/the-roman-custom) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://newcriterion.com/issues/2023/9/the-roman-custom) Hankins J. [The Political Logic of Conflict: A Debate on Machiavelli in Tumult by Gabriele Pedullà](/publications/political-logic-conflict-debate-machiavelli-tumult-gabriele-pedull%C3%A0) Mineo I, editor. Storica. 2023;(No. 81):109–175. Hankins J. [The Political Logic of Conflict: A Debate on Machiavelli in Tumult by Gabriele Pedullà](/publications/political-logic-conflict-debate-machiavelli-tumult-gabriele-pedull%C3%A0) Mineo I, editor. Storica. 2023;(No. 81):109–175. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.viella.it/rivista/9791254693278) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.viella.it/rivista/9791254693278) Download 5 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_media1%5D&&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_media1%5D&&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_media1%5D&&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_media1%5D&&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_media1%5D&&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_media1%5D&&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=5&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_media1%5D&&&format=ris) ### 2023 Hankins J. [The Greatness of Alexander](/publications/greatness-alexander). FIRST THINGS, Web Exclusive - May 12, 2023. 2023. Hankins J. [The Greatness of Alexander](/publications/greatness-alexander). FIRST THINGS, Web Exclusive - May 12, 2023. 2023. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/05/the-greatness-of-alexander) Excerpted from The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, by Allen C. Guelzo and James Hankins, forthcoming from Encounter Books in 2024. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/05/the-greatness-of-alexander) Hankins J. [The Political Logic of Conflict: A Debate on Machiavelli in Tumult by Gabriele Pedullà](/publications/political-logic-conflict-debate-machiavelli-tumult-gabriele-pedull%C3%A0) Mineo I, editor. Storica. 2023;(No. 81):109–175. Hankins J. [The Political Logic of Conflict: A Debate on Machiavelli in Tumult by Gabriele Pedullà](/publications/political-logic-conflict-debate-machiavelli-tumult-gabriele-pedull%C3%A0) Mineo I, editor. Storica. 2023;(No. 81):109–175. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.viella.it/rivista/9791254693278) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.viella.it/rivista/9791254693278) Hankins J. [A Simple Way the Republican House can Combat the Woke Left](/publications/simple-way-republican-house-can-combat-woke-left). The Wall Street Journal. 2023. Hankins J. [A Simple Way the Republican House can Combat the Woke Left](/publications/simple-way-republican-house-can-combat-woke-left). The Wall Street Journal. 2023. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-simple-way-the-republican-house-can-combat-the-woke-left-debates-experts-public-policy-oxford-union-11673619239) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-simple-way-the-republican-house-can-combat-the-woke-left-debates-experts-public-policy-oxford-union-11673619239) Hankins J. [Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy: The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena](/publications/political-meritocracy-renaissance-italythe-virtuous-republic-francesco). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 2023. p. 448. Hankins J. [Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy: The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena](/publications/political-meritocracy-renaissance-italythe-virtuous-republic-francesco). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 2023. p. 448. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674274709) The first full-length study of Francesco Patrizi—the most important political philosopher of the Italian Renaissance before Machiavelli—who sought to reconcile conflicting claims of liberty and equality in the service of good governance. At the heart of... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674274709) ["The Wisdom of the Renaissance: How to restore morality to politics and society,” Podcast Interview by Maya Mizrahi.](/publications/wisdom-renaissance-how-restore-morality-politics-and-society%E2%80%9D-podcast) 2023. ["The Wisdom of the Renaissance: How to restore morality to politics and society,” Podcast Interview by Maya Mizrahi.](/publications/wisdom-renaissance-how-restore-morality-politics-and-society%E2%80%9D-podcast) 2023. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://epoch.org.il/philosophy/515522/?login_popup=true) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://epoch.org.il/philosophy/515522/?login_popup=true) [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/publications)