The University Bookman

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.

“Rather, ‘history’ is an irreducibly human cognitive and moral activity that shapes identity, yields personal and collective meaning, and embodies how people understand their present and future. For Lukács, every person is a ‘historian’ because all human persons live with memories and interpretations of their past.”

“[The book] is a rich resource for Voegelin scholars to consult for their own academic and intellectual pursuits.”

“Each essay is well worth reading on its own, which should be the case whether you are a trained philosopher or something less—or more—than that.”