Common Good Credentialism

Common Good Credentialism

by | Jul 24, 2022

Common Good Constitutionalism by Adrian Vermeule. Polity, 2022. Hardcover, 270 pages, $59.95. Reviewed by Bruce P. Frohnen. Thirty years on from its victory over Soviet communism, liberal individualism has shown itself to be a spent force. The drive to “liberate”...
An Infinity of Imperfections

An Infinity of Imperfections

by | Jul 17, 2022

Infinite Regress: A Novel by Joshua Hren. Angelico Press, 2022. Paperback, 296 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by David G. Bonagura, Jr. “What he taught me was literally revolutionary in a way that set me free from the last hang-ups of that pablum Mom fed us and wanted us to...
Nationalizing Conservatism

Nationalizing Conservatism

by | Jul 17, 2022

Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony. Regnery Gateway, 2022. Hardcover, 256 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by John G. Grove In the introduction to The Conservative Mind, Russell Kirk defended his choice of Burke as the originator of modern conservatism: “If one...
Introducing Luke C. Sheahan, editor of the University Bookman

Introducing Luke C. Sheahan, editor of the University Bookman

by | Jul 10, 2022

The Russell Kirk Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Luke C. Sheahan, a professor of politics at Duquesne University, as the fifth editor in the history of The University Bookman. As former editor Gerald Rusello did in his time, Luke represents both...
The Present Age of Babel

The Present Age of Babel

by | Jul 10, 2022

By Jonathan Yudelman This essay is part of a symposium on the thought of French political thinker Chantal Delsol in light of her latest book, La fin de la Chrétienté or The End of the Christian World. Chantal Delsol’s thought-provoking thesis that we are at the...
The Present Age of Babel

The Return to Paganism

by | Jul 5, 2022

By Chantal Delsol This essay is part of a symposium on the thought of French political thinker Chantal Delsol in light of her latest book, La fin de la Chrétienté or The End of the Christian World. Christianity was the instigator and guide of Western civilization, the...