Ten Conservative Principles

Ten Conservative Principles by Russell Kirk Being neither a religion nor an ideology, the body of opinion termed conservatism possesses no Holy Writ and no Das Kapital to provide dogmata. So far as it is possible to determine what conservatives believe, the first...
Publications

Publications

Books by Russell Kirk We promote publication and distribution of the writings of Russell Kirk. A list of his titles can be found here. The University Bookman “Reviewing Books that Build Culture.” Founded by Russell Kirk in 1960 and currently edited by...
Seminar Programs

Seminar Programs

Transmitting Our Western Heritage Through Education For over thirty years, thousands of students and dozens of distinguished lecturers have participated in our seminars at Piety Hill. These gatherings have addressed a wide variety of topics, including: A seminar at...

A Cautionary Note on the Ghostly Tale

Since most modern men have ceased to recognize their own souls, the spectral tale has been out of fashion, especially in America. As Cardinal Manning said, all differences of opinion are theological at bottom; and this fact has its bearing upon literary tastes....

Edmund Burke: Tradition, Liberty, Empire

Foreign Affections: Essays On Edmund Burke by Seamus Deane. University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, Indiana), 216 pp., $30.00 paper. 2005. The title of this work, Foreign Affections, could be misunderstood at first glance given the modern sense of the term,...