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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
What Lasch Knew
Jon K. Lauck reviews a novel on the progressive misdiagnosis of Kansas.
Latest Pieces
Tool, Mirror, Goad: What Is Christian Legal Thought For?
Gerald J. Russello welcomes a provocative new casebook on Christian legal thinking.
The Nation’s First Architect
Addison Del Mastro reviews a new biography of the very American architect, Benjamin Latrobe.
Nietzsche’s Puritan Warriors
John Ehrett reviews Mark Mitchell’s argument explaning our present political climate.
The Rise of Sexless Moralism?
Titus Techera looks at implications of the shift in home theater from Game of Thrones to The Mandalorian.
Yes It’s Poetry, But Is It Good?
Karl Schaffenburg welcomes Micah Mattix’s new collection of poetry criticism.
About the Bookman
For over five 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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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.