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Patrick Deneen
Classical liberalism promised to overthrow the old aristocracy, creating an order in which individuals could create their own identities and futures. To some extent it did--but it has also demolished…
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Patrick J. Deneen
Has liberalism failed because it has succeeded?
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The American political reformer Herbert Croly wrote, For better or worse, democracy cannot be disentangled from an aspiration toward human perfectibility. Democratic Faith is at once a trenchant analysis and…
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Argues that among democracy’s supporters there is a belief in the need to transform human beings in order to reconcile the reality of human self-interest with the ideal of selfless…
Pierre Manent
In this discerning essay, first delivered as a lecture at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, a key figure in European political philosophy interrogates several of our current crises through…
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Janos Zoltan Csak
In this book, Janos Csak explores the enduring intellectual and spiritual legacy behind America's achievement.
This important book offers readers original insights into The Odyssey, and it provides a new understanding of the classic works of Plato, Rousseau, Vico, Horkheimer, and Adorno.
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From Notre Dame professor and author of Why Liberalism Failed comes a provocative call for replacing the tyranny of the self-serving liberal elite with conservative leaders aligned with the interests…
Opinions about America have taken a decisive turn in the early part of the 21st century. Some 70% of Americans believe that the country is moving in the wrong direction…
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Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick J. Deneen: Conversation Starters Why Liberalism Failed is the latest political philosophy book by Patrick Deneen. Throughout the twentieth century, there were only three, main…
Jean Bethke Elshtain
Elshtain brings Augustine’s thought into the contemporary political arena and applies Augustinian thought to modern problems and misguided politics.
Wilson Carey McWilliams
A highly anticipated work by one of the preeminent political theorists of the twentieth century, Wilson Carey McWilliams. Presents his most mature and most developed writings–the distillation of a distinguished…
What essential leadership lessons do we learn by distilling the actions and ideas of great military commanders such as George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Colin Powell? The Art of…
This book is an accessible and profound introduction to the key issues facing our country in our biotechnological age. Leading public intellectuals bring to bear a wide and deep learning…
Leslie G. Rubin
This collection of essays addresses the relationship of justice to law through the works of Homer, Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Sophocles and the Islamic thinker al Farabi. The issues explored include…
This collection of original essays by prominent authors contributes to current debates about democracy in powerful and provocative ways. The occasion for bringing together this notable collection of essays is…
This is a collection of essays that honour Wilson Carey McWilliams as a leader and scholar. The 14 essays pay tribute to him as a friend and citizen and seek…
This is an essential volume for all those who seek to address the nature of Western civilization and its enduring significance in American education, especially higher education. There are no…
American literature is profoundly, almost inescapably political. In this fascinating new anthology of original essays, ten leading scholars explore the ways in which American civic education has been informally advanced…
The Active Society, published in 1968, is the most ambitious book in Amitai Etzioni’s remarkable career. In this new collection of essays, Wilson Carey McWilliams brings together scholars in a…
Democracy and Its Friendly Critics addresses a variety of modern political and social concerns, such as the moral dimension of democracy, the theoretical challenges to democracy in our time, the…
