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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
Federalism Against the Slave Power
Carl Lawrence Paulus looks at lessons for today from a new history of abolition as an organized movement of political protest.
Latest Pieces
Lincoln, Burke, and the Politics of Prudence
Kyle Sammin reviews a book that makes a case for a common thread between Burke and Lincoln.
Sacrificial Crisis
Trevor C. Merrill reviews the new play from Will Arbery.
‘Out of the Silent Planet’ and a New Era of Science Fiction
John Tuttle discusses the first of C. S. Lewis’s science fiction novels in its publishing context.
The Age of Addiction
Gerald J. Russello reviews a book on the cultivation of consumer desire and its discontents.
Fortunate Naivety
Matthew Loftus looks at a new biography of the sustainable radical, Jean Vanier.
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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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.