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Strengthening America’s Tradition of Order, Justice & Freedom
The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal aims to recover, conserve, and enliven those enduring norms and principles that Russell Kirk (1918–1994) called the Permanent Things. Explore the Center’s programs, publications, and fellowships and join with us to continue Kirk’s work to renew our culture and redeem our time.
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From the University Bookman
Lawyers, Natural Law, and the Problem of Pride
Bruce P. Frohnen reviews Stuart Banner’s The Decline of Natural Law.
Latest Pieces
The Egotistic Mind
Auguste Meyrat reviews Gad Saad’s The Parasitic Mind
Democracy and Iniquity
Casey Chalk reviews Robert McKenzie’s We the Fallen People.
Transportation Reform and City Renewal
Jason Jewell reviews Chuck Marohn’s Confessions of a Recovering Engineer
Gazing Into the Abyss with Charles Taylor
Jeffrey Wald reviews Charles Taylor’s Avenues of Faith.
Reconnecting Babbitt, Rejecting Rousseau
Jason C. Phillips welcomes The Historical Mind and its revival of Irving Babbitt and Claes Ryn.
About the Bookman
For six decades, the University Bookman, founded by Russell Kirk, has identified and discussed those books that diagnose the modern age and support the renewal of culture and the common good. Currently published online, the Bookman continues its mission of examining our times in light of the Permanent Things that make us human.
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At the Kirk Center
Highlights & News
The Cultural Debris podcast features Wilbur Fellow alumni Alan Cornett interviewing former US Ambassador Alberto Miguel Fernandez
Classic Kirk featured essay:
Conservatism: A Succinct Description
On Campus
Explore Kirk On Campus
Russell Kirk understood his work was to convey to America’s rising generations an understanding of the process by which a healthy culture is transmitted from age to age.
We’re continuing this important work through Kirk on Campus as we host conversations about the permanent things on campuses across Michigan. We hope you’ll join us at an event, and help us prepare tomorrow’s leaders with an appreciation of the richness of the conservative intellectual tradition.