Harvard’s John Adams Society Holds Intellectual Retreat at Kirk Center
Harvard’s John Adams Society Holds Intellectual Retreat at Kirk Center For generations, Harvard’s conservatives were guided by the towering intellectual presence of Harvey C. Mansfield. Professor Mansfield taught the full range of political theory, from Plato...
New Edition of Kirk’s “The Politics of Prudence” Forthcoming
New Edition of Kirk’s “The Politics of Prudence” Forthcoming The Kirk Center is delighted to announce that a 30th Anniversary Edition of Russell Kirk’s popular book, The Politics of Prudence, is forthcoming from Regnery Publishing with a new...
Acton Institute interns on their annual Kirk Center retreat: “Absolutely fantastic!”
Acton Institute interns on their annual Kirk Center retreat: “Absolutely fantastic!” The Kirk Center welcomed Acton Institute interns for their 2023 intellectual retreat, focusing on Russell Kirk’s best known work, The Conservative Mind, which turns...
Writing and the Moral Imagination Workshop
Writing and the Moral Imagination Workshop This July, the Kirk Center held its first conference focused on “Writing and the Moral Imagination” for a select group of young professionals. The program brings together two themes central to the life and work of...
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What the American Revolution Secured: Order, Justice, and Freedom
A "revolution not made, but prevented.” Russell Kirk fondly and frequently quoted E. J. Payne’s pithy summary of Burke’s view of the Glorious Revolution.
"So yes, Lord Alfred, perhaps you are right after all. ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world! Perhaps one last Ulyssean adventure remains beyond the sunset, and perhaps some work of noble note may yet be done."