Revolution and Counter Revolution
Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future By Patrick J. Deneen. Sentinel, 2023. Hardcover, 288 pages, $30. Reviewed by John G. Grove. It’s difficult to decide whether Patrick Deneen’s Regime Change is to be faulted for being too ambitious or not ambitious enough. ...
Liberalism in its Complexity
Freedom from Fear: An Incomplete History of Liberalism By Alan S. Kahan. Princeton University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 528 pages, $45. Liberalism in Dark Times: The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century By Joshua L. Cherniss. Princeton University Press, 2021....
Citizenship Matters
Citizenship and Civic Leadership in America Edited by Carol McNamara and Trevor Shelley. Lexington Books, 2022. Paperback, 326 pages, $42.99. Reviewed by Hans Zeiger. Carol McNamara and Trevor Shelley have edited a wonderful collection of essays about topics related...
After Liberalism…Faith?
The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism By John Gray. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. Hardcover, 192 pages, $27. Reviewed by Gene Callahan. Reviewing one of John Gray’s recent books is an adventurous undertaking. Rather than straightforward histories, or...
There are metaphorical hills on which I would be willing to die. The Oxford comma is one of them.
So easy to forget that the best way to educate yourself is to read great works of literature and philosophy, then talk about them. Bring back the salon!