The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Deo Volente Labor Proficit
The New Storytelling, From Tocqueville to Fortnite
Titus Techera connects the rise of computer games with the restlessness of young men in our cultural crisis.
Prophets of Paradise?
Jacob Bruggeman discusses the techno-utopian dream in a review of Nicholas Carr’s Utopia Is Creepy.
Defending Against the Old Chaos
Francis P. Sempa reviews The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire by A. Wess Mitchell.
Not Enough Argument
Oliver Traldi reviews Samuel Moyn’s Not Enough.
Eleven New Ghostly Tales
Robert Grano reviews a collection of supernatural stories by Dale Nelson.
Sandel in China
Jason Morgan reviews Encountering China: Michael Sandel and Chinese Philosophy.
Making Silly People Uncomfortable
A conversation with the acclaimed philosopher John Gray about his most recent book and his thoughts on Christianity and the decline of liberalism.
Caddyshack and the Counterculture Takeover of American Humor
Mark Judge reviews Chris Nashawaty’s Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story and learns how American comedy was changed by the counterculture in the 1960s and 70s.
Permanent Like Achilles
Bob Dylan took Latin. Patrick J. Burns reviews Why Bob Dylan Matters, an insightful reflection on Dylan’s investment and, ultimately, his participation, in the Western literary tradition by Richard Thomas.
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