Kirk and Del Noce: Two Philosophers Connected through History
By Carolina Riva Posse. “Augusto Del Noce will be a great loss to order, freedom and justice in Italy,” wrote Russell Kirk to Mario Marcolla in March 1990, shortly after the Italian philosopher’s death. Del Noce, probably the most important Italian...
Essentially Lying About the Left and Right
The Myth of Left and Right: How the Political Spectrum Misleads and Harms America By Verlan Lewis and Hyrum Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 168 pages, $99. Reviewed by Lee Trepanier. In school, media, and politics, we are taught that people see the...
The Troubled Science of the Middle East
The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research Since the Arab Uprisings Edited by Marc Lynch, Jillian Schwedler, and Sean Yom. Oxford University Press, 2022. Paperback, $29.95, 320 Pages. Reviewed by Samuel Sweeney. The last ten years have upended the...
What We Should Have Known About Pandemics and Politics Before COVID
Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters: Reflections on Political Theory from Antiquity to the Age of COVID Edited by Lee Trepanier. Routledge, 2022. Hardcover, 238 pages, $170. Reviewed by Richard Gunderman. One of the biggest problems with new publications is their...
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This was a fun book to read and review--many thanks to @ubookman for publishing! Link here: https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/bring-back-the-virtues-medieval-style/?mc_cid=3ec1588892&mc_eid=0f1acafa9e