From The Quest for Community to the Restoration of Authority
The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom By Robert Nisbet. Regnery/ISI Books, 2010 (originally published in 1953). Paperback, 330 pages, $24.99. Reviewed by Daniel J. Mahoney. Robert Nisbet’s The Quest for Community is a book that endures....
A Premature Treatment of Our Post-Covid Urban Issues
Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation By Edward Glaeser and David Cutler. Penguin, 2021. Hardcover, 480 pages, $30. Reviewed by Matthew M. Robare. David Cutler and Ed Glaeser’s new book, Survival of the City (Penguin, 2021), is an oddity. It...
The Graces of Death and Nature
Three Roads Back: How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives By Robert D. Richardson. Princeton University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 128 pages, $22.95. Reviewed by Paul Krause. Death is a morbid topic, one that most people...
Right Populism
The Conservative Affirmation By Willmoore Kendall. Regnery, 2022. Paperback, 432 pages, $18.99. Reviewed by Benjamin Clark. First published in 1963, Willmoore Kendall’s The Conservative Affirmation remains an under-read classic of conservative theory and political...
Happy Constitution Day! This week the Bookman celebrated the 50th anniversary of the publication of Russell Kirk's The Roots of American Order with a symposium on the book. The essays include reflections on our written and unwritten constitution. (1/3) https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/kirks-constitution-from-the-roots-to-the-end-of-american-order/
Who are the women quietly defying the birth dearth? Join the Book Gallery on 9/23 with @ubookman editor @lsheahan and @CRPakaluk discussing her latest book, "Hannah's Children" to find out more. Registration is open here: