Russell Kirk and the Conservative Disposition (Section 2)
Russell Kirk and the Conservative Disposition (Section 2) Dr. Ryan Streeter, Ph.D.Executive Director of the Civitas Institute Dr. Lee Trepanier, Ph.D.Dean of D’Amour College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Assumption University Date: July 22, 2025Faculty:...
The Conservative Resurgence
Up From Conservatism: Revitalizing the Right after a Generation of Decay Edited by Arthur Milikh. Encounter Books, 2023. Hardcover, 240 pages, $32.99. Reviewed by Shaun Rieley. In recent years, it has become common on the Right to ask rhetorically, “what has...
Religious Illiberalism and the American Order
American Heretics: Religious Adversaries of Liberal Order By Jerome E. Copulsky. Yale University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 384 pages, $40. Reviewed by Miles Smith IV. For the past few years—more specifically since Donald Trump made it very clear he was happy to pursue...
Michel Houellebecq’s Annihilation: Dystopia Unbound in Late Postmodernism
Annihilation (Anéantir) By Michel Houellebecq. Translated by Shaun Whiteside. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024. Hardcover, 544 pages, $30.00. Reviewed by Pedro Blas González. France in 2027 is the setting of Michel Houellebecq’s latest novel, Annihilation (Anéantir)....
Russell Kirk and the Conservative Disposition (Section 1)
Russell Kirk and the Conservative Disposition (Section 1) Dr. Jeff Polet, Ph.D.Director of the Ford Leadership Forum at the Gerald R. Ford Mr. Michael MaibachDistinguished Fellow for Save Our States Mr. Michael LuccheseFounder and CEO of...
Buckley at 100: Revisiting the Speeches of William F. Buckley Jr.
Let Us Talk of Many Things By William F. Buckley Jr. Prima Lifestyles, 2000. Hardcover, 544 pages, $30.00. Reviewed by Bill Meehan. William F. Buckley Jr., friend of Russell Kirk, circulated The University Bookman to National Review subscribers for a number of years....
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa By Anthony Grafton. Belknap Press, 2023. Hardcover, 304 pages, $39.95. Reviewed by Jesse Russell. “Dame Frances Yates” is a name that usually does not cross the lips of the educated public. However, in the field of...
Russell Kirk’s “Rights and Duties” translated into Italian by Dr. Agostino Carrino
Russell Kirk’s “Rights and Duties” translated into Italian by Dr. Agostino Carrino The Kirk Center is very pleased to announce that Russell Kirk’s book Rights and Duties has been translated into Italian by the distinguished legal scholar Agostino...
The Real Way to Build Back Better
Let Us Begin: Saint Francis’s Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World By Thomas Griffin. Our Sunday Visitor, 2024. Paperback, 168 pages, $18.95. Reviewed by David G. Bonagura, Jr. The New Deal. The Great Society. No Child Left Behind. Build Back Better. The...
Editor, @lsheahan, on the @lawliberty podcast with @JohnGGrove1 discussing new edition of Robert Nisbet's classic, The Social Philosophers. @AmPhilSociety Press.
Me, on a new edition of ROBERT NISBET's THE SOCIAL PHILOSOPHERS, out with @AmPhilSociety Press, on the @lawliberty Podcast with @JohnGGrove1.
I enjoyed the opportunity to interview @lsheahan for the @LawLiberty Podcast on the new edition of Robert Nisbet's The Social Philosophers. Give it a listen and subscribe at Apple/Spotify etc...