The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
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Each week the Bookman brings you fresh reviews of the books that build culture, and essays that enliven the Permanent Things. Last year nearly 90,000 visitors engaged with the Bookman‘s reviews, all free of charge and with no advertising to disrupt the reading experience. Our writers are touching hearts and minds across the globe with their reviews, bringing wisdom, creativity, and beauty to bear on the most important conversations happening in literature and culture.
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The University Bookman
Saving the West By Keeping It Real
“…Klavan applies his extensive knowledge of classical literature and the Western canon to properly frame today’s challenges and help people take appropriate action.”
Reagan as Peacemaking Cold Warrior
“Inboden’s work does a lot to explain this dichotomy as part of Reagan’s larger vision: to exploit the weaknesses in the Soviet system while building up American strength with the goal of causing a collapse in the Soviet system.”
Oh Yeah Baby Eat It
“Bottum’s voice is confident and idiosyncratic, playful and wise, plainspoken and deliberate, concerned with dramas large and dramas small.”
The Wisdom of Medieval Scholasticism
“The book not only makes a worthy contribution to anyone interested in understanding Medieval philosophy and the thought of Duns Scotus, but to everybody seeking to deepen their appreciation of human existence and its place in ultimate reality.”
Political Theology for Realists
“…even those who might diverge theologically will find this work to be an extremely useful short primer on the history of Christian political thought.”
Cormac McCarthy Symposium
An Introduction to a Symposium on Cormac McCarthy
The Duty of the Craftsman: Beauty and Goodness in Cormac McCarthy
“While McCarthy cannot abide optimistic visions of the world, even his most pessimistic moments are checked by beauty and goodness.”
The Law for Man and the Law for Thing: The Political Theory of Cormac McCarthy
“McCarthy’s portrayal of moral responsibility is better understood from the perspective of the early-twentieth-century literary critic Irving Babbitt…”
As Likely to End the World as to Save It: Knowledge and Science in Cormac McCarthy
“Man’s pursuit of knowledge and his use of that knowledge to modify and mar the earth and to harm other men is a fairly constant theme in McCarthy’s oeuvre.”
The Book Gallery
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