Getting to Know the Older Eric Voegelin
Eric Voegelin is one of the most prominent political theorists of the 20th century. Many theorists associate his name with the following works: The Political Religions (1938),…
Eric Voegelin is one of the most prominent political theorists of the 20th century. Many theorists associate his name with the following works: The Political Religions (1938),…
James Farney and David Rayside introduced their 2013 edited collection on Conservatism in Canada with the following words: “A volume of essays about conservatism is risky anywhere,…
It is often said that “history is written by the victors.” Actual historians and students of history know that this is simply untrue. Among the most famous…
Let [the reader] follow in his mind how, as discipline broke down bit by bit, morality at first foundered; how it next subsided in ever greater collapse…
In the dedicatory letter to his Discourses on Livy, Machiavelli reveals his intended audience, “I have chosen not those who are princes, but those who for their…
In the world of science fiction, technology plays a significant role in shaping the imaginative landscapes that captivate audiences.[1] From spaceships and time travel to aliens and…
Today’s political discourse is rife with the prognosis that liberalism is in trouble, evidenced by the rise of anti-liberal and post-liberal thought, each of which maintains that…
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by…
Endre Sashalmi. Russian Notions of Power and State in a European Perspectives, 1462-1725: Assessing the Significance of Peter’s Reign. Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2022. With its…
For this semester I’ll offer my reflections on an introductory, freshmen-level course on western core texts that I am teaching. It is difficult for a person…
Robin J. Varma. Ruling Bodies: A Study of Coercion and Punishment in Plato's Republic, Laws, and Gorgias. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2022. Where does Plato fall…
Neema Parvini. The Populist Delusion. Perth, Australia: Imperium Press, 2022. What entails the backlash against populist politics, a political ideology that once held respectable admiration in…
Yoram Hazony. Conservatism: A Rediscovery. Washington DC: Regnery, 2022. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the past 30 years has abounded with intellectual brouhaha over…
Pulling Punches When Forbes come to discuss the possibility of “diversity fatigue” he has to consider the effects of multiculturalism’s actual performance. “In a few cases there…
The Best Man In the course of his discussion, Forbes specifically takes up one of the central terms in the Heideggerian lexicon and that is - “authenticity.”…