Daniel J. Mahoney

The modern world’s landscape is marked by two seemingly inexorable and contradictory processes: on the one hand, the emergence of unprecedented state power, claiming competence over ever greater domains of human life; on the other, the rise of a self-assertive “society” aiming to . . . . Continue Reading »

Conservatism: An Anthology of Social and Political Thought Edited by Jerry Z. Muller Princeton University Press. 450 pp. $44.95 Conservatism has undoubtedly established its presence on the American political and intellectual landscape, but most of us would be at a loss to define it with any kind of . . . . Continue Reading »