The Persistence of the Ideological Lie: The Totalitarian Impulse Then and Now By Daniel J. Mahoney. Encounter Books, 2025. Hardcover, 168 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. At the beginning of The Persistence of the Ideological Lie, Daniel J. Mahoney points...
On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice By Adam Kirsch. W. W. Norton & Company, 2024. Hardcover, 160 pages, $24.99 Reviewed by Daniel J. Fischer. The term “settler colonialism” has exploded in popularity. According to the Google Books NGram Viewer,...
Chateaubriand: Selected Writings Translated by Edward Maxwell III. Imperium Press, 2024. Paperback, 176 pages, $8.50. Reviewed by Thomas Banks. François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand—nobleman, adventurer, poet, and memoirist—a sampling of whose work appears in this...
The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination By Aaron Alexander Zubia. University of Notre Dame Press, 2024. Hardcover, 386 pages, $70. Reviewed by Kayla Bartsch. A new book by Aaron Alexander Zubia, The Political...
Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years By Paula Fredriksen. Princeton University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 288 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. Our local priest uses the phrase “our separated brethren” when referencing other denominations...
