Finally, @michaelhobbes.bsky.social is being recognized as part of the “Western canon.” Frankly, it’s his due.
The odds of a US murder-suicide nuclear strike against Iran as things get worse has to be >0.
A malignant narcissist wants to be at the center of all human history, and he actually has the material means to make it happen.
How high are the odds? We have to consider this as a real possibility.
Greek & Roman historian here. Fact check: true. Ancient Mediterranean historians worth our salt don’t just read about Greeks and Romans.
Though Locke’s (Lockes’?) ‘do is a bit more generous here.
“Surely that can’t happen.”
Why not? The path seems pretty clear…
So much of the excellent work that people in my field have done in recent years to expand our geographic horizons has been heavily dependent on scholarship in other fields that began this work much earlier.
Interdisciplinary research and even simply reading are truly transformative.
To revisit the political theory ‘canon’ after immersing oneself in scholarship in history (esp. economic history), comparative politics, sociology, archaeology, and other fields is to see *everything* with new eyes.