Peter Lawler

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So our Jean sent me the touchingly personal remarks she gave in introducing the Festschrift for Catherine and Michael Zuckert. She concluded with what might be an unresolved issue for Midwestern Straussianism, one that’s highly relevant for our discussions of the American idea of liberty AND . . . . Continue Reading »

Hugh Gillis, in the thread, was uncomfortable with being called a Kojevian, because that would imply he agrees with everything Alexandre said (and that, of course, would be impossible). He makes the important point that Kojeve mainly enjoyed people who disagreed with him—Aron, Strauss, and . . . . Continue Reading »

So in response to the modest demand that I say more about the Strauss-Kojeve panel at the APSA, here is another portion of my comments . In Hegel himself and in Kojeve sometimes—and, of course, in Fukuyama’s lullaby version of Kojeve—the philosophical observation that history has . . . . Continue Reading »

My lame attempt to make this a genuinely disruptive cheer. . . . . Continue Reading »

Well, first of all, to Jim on the reaching the Centennnial number of comments. We can add, of course, over 75O TWEETS. In general, our SOCIAL MEDIA attention has been up, and I remind all our fans to get in the habit of TWEETING, LIKING, and SHARING all our POSTMODERN yet CONSERVATIVE wisdom. On . . . . Continue Reading »

Thanks to the amazing LAW AND LIBERTY, you can find out here . . . . . Continue Reading »

That, of course, I was. So from the point of view of my profession, I’m apparently more controversial than even Mr. Ceaser. See what they’re saying about ME in THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCAITON and INSIDE HIGHER ED . I will say more later about and eventually post what I actually said. . . . . Continue Reading »

After Mr. Ceaser’s post below (and the remarkable thread), anything I say will seem boring. So I’m letting my “what I learned at the APSA meeting” go for a while. Meanwhile, read these BIG THOUGHTS . . . . . Continue Reading »

So I leave early tomorrow to go the APSA in Chicago. Tomorrow at 415, you can see me (somewhere in the Palmer House) comment on the topic above. I’m obviously running behind in preparing, and so consider the comments below very tenative and completely unproofed. Still, it’s always good . . . . Continue Reading »