It has been some years since the University Bookman has tackled issues relating to the economy. In the interim, new scholarship has continued to demolish the god-term “economic man,” that modernist construct of utilitarian calculation and rational self-interest. Such...
The new issue of the University Bookman is on its way. Featuring a special section on the humane economy, the issue includes reviews of books on agrarianism, Wendell Berry, Tocqueville, the commercial society, and other subjects. As a preview, here is Tracy Lee...
So easy to forget that the best way to educate yourself is to read great works of literature and philosophy, then talk about them. Bring back the salon!