Give Peace A Chance

by Peter J. Leithart

A new book on peace ignores some of the key issues in a philosophy of peace. Continue Reading »

19 Sep 2014

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

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

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

Sarah Palin, Populism, and the Fate of Philosophical Conservatism

by Austin Stone

One can surely make a reasonable argument that Sarah Palin was underqualified to be the next Vice President. Nevertheless, I argue here that the hyperventilated contempt shown for her by our cosmopolitan elites reveals a caricatured and ugly dismissal of the lives of ordinary Americans. It’s . . . . Continue Reading »

14 Nov 2008

1968 and the Meaning of Democracy

by Austin Stone

The ever-prolific Dan Mahoney revisits the revolutionary upheavals of 1968 , particularly as they manifested themselves in France, and masterfully explores their underlying philosophical significance and continuing social and political ramifications today. The commemorations of these . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Sep 2008