A Conservatism of Thought and Imagination
Ten Conservative Principles (1993) First, the conservative believes that there exists an enduring moral order. Second, the conservative adheres to custom, convention, and continuity. Third, conservatives believe in what may be called the principle of prescription....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
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
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,...Frights and Chills, Intelligently Rendered
Acquainted With the Night edited by Barbara Roden and Christopher Roden. Ash-Tree Press (British Columbia, Canada), 384 pp., $48.50 cloth; $26.00 paper, 2004. Ash-Tree Press specializes in classic supernatural fiction. From the village of Ashcroft in British Columbia,...Mr. Shakespeare’s Plays
On Essays and Letters Under the listings of Shakespeare, the Internet abounds in essays, reviews, texts, and comments, almost anything one can imagine about his works and about works explaining his works. My Viking Edition of Shakespeare comes to 1,471 pages. I...The Odds According to Whom?
Intelligence Was My Line: Inside Eisenhower’s Other Command by Ralph Hauenstein and Donald Markle. Hippocrene Books (New York), 182 pp., $24.95 cloth, 2005. There cannot be many WWII veterans still active in public life like Ralph Hauenstein: nearly ninety-four...
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