Political Philosophy in Crisis

by Mark Bauerlein

Glenn Ellmers joins the podcast to discuss the internal contradictions of the contemporary left and how postmodernism undermines political philosophy. Continue Reading »

10 Aug 2023 0

Willmoore Kendall’s Prescient Ken

by Mark Bauerlein

Daniel McCarthy joins the podcast to discuss his foreword in Willmoore Kendall's newly re-published book, The Conservative Affirmation. Continue Reading »

18 Nov 2022 0

More Manent

by Carl Scott

From the City Journal, this time, a full essay, with a title that says it all “City, Empire, Church, Nation.”    Here’s a taste: During the premodern era, competing political forms—the city, the empire, and the Church—checked one another, so it was necessary to . . . . Continue Reading »

23 Aug 2012 0

Chantal Delsol’s Development: A Farewell to Human Nature?

by Carl Scott

The new book on contemporary French (and Catholic) political philosopher Chantal Delsol, Lucid Mind, Intrepid Spirit: Essays on the Thought of Chantal Delsol is now out. It features essays by Peter Lawler, Paul Seaton, Lauren Hall, and yours truly, as well as translated tid-bits from what Seaton . . . . Continue Reading »

31 Jan 2012 0

A Secular Political Philosophy (ii)

by Ralph Hancock

(continued from 6/1/09) As little inclined as is Charles Taylor to connect the pre-ontological with the metaphysical, religious “experience” with cognitive assertions, he cannot finally avoid making certain claims about the way things are, or at least the way human things are: We all see . . . . Continue Reading »

13 Jun 2009 0