The University Bookman

Reviewing Books that Build Culture

What the American Revolution Secured: Order, Justice, and Freedom

Throughout the semiquincentennial year celebrating America’s independence, The University Bookman will invite a range of writers and speakers to contribute to a series drawing upon Russell Kirk’s work on the American Revolution and the constitutional order it secured.

A New Introduction to the Austrian School

“After discussing Menger, the authors go on to present the ideas of subsequent major figures in the history of the Austrian school, including Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Friedrich von Wieser, Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek, Israel Kirzner, and Murray Rothbard.”

After Mansfield

“In his most recent work… Mansfield presents a rich and nuanced portrait of the development of modern political thought.”

How Charlotte Brontë Became Charlotte Brontë

“Graham Watson’s biography of Charlotte is a judiciously researched and well-written overview of the final years of Charlotte’s life… readers will learn just how central Charlotte was to the literary establishment that both praised and scorned her.”

Kirk and Buckley on Video

The Kirk Center is pleased to announce that will periodically be posting video clips from our archive on the web site. The first two videos are now available—a 1993 interview with Russell Kirk on the fortieth anniversary of The Conservative Mind, and a 1996 interview...

Buckley on Kirk

William F. Buckley, Jr., interviewed on Kirk and his contributions, May 1996.Russell Kirk and William F. Buckley were leading writers and thinkers in the emerging U.S. conservative movement. In this video from May 13, 1996, Donovan Reynolds interviews the late Mr....

Russell Kirk on The Conservative Mind

Russell Kirk, interviewed about The Conservative Mind, 1993.Russell Kirk and historian William H. Mulligan, Jr., of Murray State University look back on the writing and reception of The Conservative Mind in this video interview from 1993, the fortieth anniversary of...

The Legacies of Edmund Burke and Robert Frost

An Interview with Peter J. Stanlis The Bookman is pleased to publish this interview with Peter J. Stanlis, Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Emeritus, at Rockford College and one of the foremost scholars of Edmund Burke and Robert Frost. Stanlis’s groundbreaking...

Recapturing the Moral Imagination through Scotland

The Sporran by G. L. Gregg (Butler Books, 2007, 275 pp.), $17.95.In his work, Russell Kirk stressed the overriding importance of the moral imagination. The moral imagination, the dynamic interplay of the mind where ideas about good and evil, right and wrong, form...

Reminder

Given the recent turmoil in Pakistan, we thought we would remind you of a two-part review of a study of that troubled nation that appeared in issues 45:1 and 45:2 of the Bookman, written by David Campion, a professor of history at Lewis & Clark College.

BookmanRSS

Since the Bookman is now offering web-only articles, we now offer, in addition to the RSS feed for Kirk Center news items, a syndicationfeed for all Bookman articles. We hope you find it useful.

Capitalism, Socialism, and Beyond

Beyond Capitalism and Socialism: A New Statement of an Old Idea, Tobias Lanz, ed. (IHS Press, 2007, 234 pp.), $19.95. Catholic thinkers have been at the forefront of rethinking modern economics from the perspective of the human person. Beginning with Leo XIII’s...

The Book Gallery

A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition. Click on the icon in the upper right corner of the video to see more episodes in this series or check out our YouTube page.

A New Introduction to the Austrian School
"Austrian Economics: An Introduction" by @ccoyne1 and @Abigail_R_Hall @politybooks
Reviewed by @DrGeneCallahan

After Mansfield
Jesse Russell on "The Rise and Fall of Rational Control: The History of Modern Political Philosophy" by Harvey C. Mansfield. @Harvard_Press

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