On Demagogues, Oligarchs, and Orators: Maintaining Civic Harmony Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita

• In Event: Demagoguery and Populism in the History of Political Thought

Brief Overview

With contemporary fears over the decline of political institutions, Livy reminds political scientists that the solution to political corruption is unlikely to be found in institutional checks, but in the moral re-invigoration of the political elite.

Author

• Ryan McKinnell, St. Francis Xavier University