EI Weekly Listen - Maurizio Viroli on the virtues of the city-state

The early modern Italian republics are often portrayed as models of bad government. But the fusion of civic humanism and Christianity they championed endures to this day. Read by Leighton Pugh. https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/in-defence-of-the-city-state/ Credit: Alinari Archives/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images