Gnosticism
Gnosticism is an extreme religious sensibility from the early Christian era that has influenced twentieth century thinkers in their understanding of the modern world. Having its origins…
Gnosticism is an extreme religious sensibility from the early Christian era that has influenced twentieth century thinkers in their understanding of the modern world. Having its origins…
The death of the spirit is the price of progress. Nietzsche revealed this mystery of the Western apocalypse when he announced that God was dead and that…
Beyond Radical Secularism: How France and the Christian West Should Respond to the Islamic Challenge. Pierre Manent. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2016. I have…
Engineers of Jihad: The Curious Connection between Violent Extremism and Education. Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Several years ago in Bucharest…
There is a common opposition to totalitarianism with both of these authors, even if the remedies chosen to counter it are radically different. Both were victims of…
The Politics of Resentment. Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker. Katherine J. Crammer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. Why do the…
Why We Bite the Invisible Hand: The Psychology of Anti-Capitalism. Peter Foster. Pleasaunce Press, 2014. In a nod to Adam Smith’s famous metaphor, Peter Foster asks…
How it is that Donald Trump, who has proudly proclaimed he's a racist and sexist, is the Republican nominee for the presidency? His misogynist comments about Megyn…
The Conservative Rebellion. Richard Bishirjian. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2015. In The Conservative Rebellion, Richard Bishirjian warns that a “visionary politics” which extols a vision…
The current outburst of voter discontent, which has made the 2016 election campaign an equal source of fascination and dread, contains the elements of a revolution and…