Justice and Morality in Smithian Liberalism
Central Notions of Smithian Liberalism By Daniel B. Klein. CL Press, 2023. Paperback, 338 pages, $14. Reviewed by Paul D. Mueller. Central Notions of Smithian Liberalism collects a series of academic articles and essays written by Daniel Klein and various co-authors....
More than Regime Change, We Need a New Cosmological Vision
Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future By Patrick J. Deneen. Sentinel, 2023. Hardcover, 288 pages, $30. Reviewed by Mark T. Mitchell. Patrick Deneen’s 2018 book Why Liberalism Failed was a broadside to the regnant political apparatus and prompted a vigorous debate...
Revolution and Counter Revolution
Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future By Patrick J. Deneen. Sentinel, 2023. Hardcover, 288 pages, $30. Reviewed by John G. Grove. It’s difficult to decide whether Patrick Deneen’s Regime Change is to be faulted for being too ambitious or not ambitious enough. ...
Liberalism in its Complexity
Freedom from Fear: An Incomplete History of Liberalism By Alan S. Kahan. Princeton University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 528 pages, $45. Liberalism in Dark Times: The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century By Joshua L. Cherniss. Princeton University Press, 2021....
This is good. I’d like to see a follow up piece on Wood’s The American Revolution and on Power & Liberty. Also, maybe some comment on the essay in The Idea of America that walks back the claim in Creation that 1789 marked the end of classical
Politics (the button interests and
“Anton’s book, and his entire worldview, stand as direct challenges to elite preferences and institutions: Okay, boomer, what next?”
Quite the review of Michael Anton's book from Brad Watson in @KirkCenter's @ubookman. https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/a-man-for-all-seasons/