For Human Flourishing
At a time when most see capitalist liberalism and socialism as the only possible ordering ideas for human societies, and the former as the de facto selection…
At a time when most see capitalist liberalism and socialism as the only possible ordering ideas for human societies, and the former as the de facto selection…
According to a recent survey, those who are happy value community involvement.[1] A mere 12% of Americans now claim to be very happy, the lowest reported number…
Mark T. Mitchell. Plutocratic Socialism: The Future of Private Property and the Fate of the Middle Class. Front Porch Republic Books, 2022. In his aptly entitled…
Jarosław Duraj. The Role of Metaxy in the Political Philosophy of Eric Voegelin. Peter Lang Press, 2021. Jarosław Duraj has penned an important study of Eric…
Introduction This piece is written as a response to the use of John Locke’s political thought to justify recent resistance movements in the United States, with some…
Voegelin and Pneumopathology While Strauss’s and Macpherson’s arguments are both coherent and plausible, neither offers a deep or fully acceptable account of Locke’s moral priorities. Caution driven…
John Locke and the Uncivilized Society. Scott Robinson, Lexington Press, 2021 Many commentators have sounded the alarm over the level of political polarization among the American…
This evening I have been asked to analyze the role of William Blount in our nation’s founding. This is a timely assignment, and one which I am…
Eric Voegelin’s 1956 essay “Necessary Moral Bases for Communication in a Democracy” is of tremendous worth to the careful analyst of 21st century American political thought. It…
The goal of this volume is to demonstrate the relevance of Eric Voegelin’s works from the 1950’s and early 1960’s to the political atmosphere of the early…
Eric Voegelin Today: Voegelin’s Political Thought in the 21st Century. Scott Robinson, Lee Trepanier, and David Whitney, eds. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2019. Professor Scott Robinson, writing…
Eric Voegelin’s 1956 essay “Necessary Moral Bases for Communication in a Democracy” is of tremendous worth to the careful analyst of 21st century American political thought. It…
Introduction The American debate regarding the policy needed to combat the dangers posed by immigration from nations who are currently hotbeds of Islamic radicalization is presently being…
John Locke took the concept of rebellion which had a rich history in political philosophy and deftly assigned to it a new meaning that was useful for…