The Great Intellectual Scandal: Irving Babbitt and His Traditionalist Critics
Democracy and Leadership By Irving Babbitt. Liberty Fund, 1979 (1924). Paperback, 392 pages, $14.50. Reviewed by Claes G. Ryn. Irving Babbitt’s Democracy and Leadership celebrated its centenary in 2024. We asked several Babbitt scholars to reflect upon its importance...
Irving Babbitt and Populism
Democracy and Leadership By Irving Babbitt. Liberty Fund, 1979 (1924). Paperback, 392 pages, $14.50. Reviewed by Michael P. Federici. Irving Babbitt’s Democracy and Leadership celebrated its centenary in 2024. We asked several Babbitt scholars to reflect upon its...
Edwards: From the Beginning of the Right
Just Right: A Life in Pursuit of Liberty By Lee Edwards. ISI Books, 2017. Hardcover, 378 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by George H. Nash. In his lively new memoir Just Right, Lee Edwards remarks that four distinct groups have molded the modern American conservative...
Must Matters of Taste Not Be Disputed?
Beauty & Imitation : A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts By Daniel McInerny. Word on Fire Academic, 2024. Hardcover, 448 pages, $34.95. Reviewed by Rev. Joseph Scolaro. In matters of taste, there can be no dispute. Or can there? This expression, as common as it...
Seeing the True Presence
The Eucharist Is Really Jesus: How Christ’s Body and Blood Are The Key To Everything We Believe By Joe Heschmeyer. Catholic Answers Press, 2023. Paperback, 174 pages, $18.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger. C.S. Lewis once observed that he believed in Christianity like...
"Haven’s book is an engaging introduction to Girard. Reading through its presentation of the components and explanatory power of mimetic theory, it becomes clear Americans have arrived at a time for a very different kind of choosing."
"Knowing the truth about scapegoating does not mean it has been abandoned. Indeed, while people have become increasingly good at seeing the scapegoats of others as just that, scapegoats, they remain convinced their enemies really are evil."