In 1962, Walker Percy (1916–1990) made a dramatic entrance onto the American literary scene when he won the National Book Award for fiction with his first novel, The Moviegoer. This…

In its eighth edition, American Political Rhetoric is the only reader for introductory classes in American politics and political communication that explores fundamental political principles through political rhetoric. Contributors include…

This collection of essays explores the philosophical and political dimensions of America as revealed by AMC’s Mad Men, investigating topics including freedom, equality, consumerism and justice.

Christine Dunn Henderson’s work offers literature as a portal through which to view the philosophical principles that animate America’s political order and the mores which either reinforce or undermine them.

Democracy Reconsidered provides an enlightening study of democracy in America’s post-modern context. Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Peter Augustine Lawler explore some of the foundational principles of democracy as they have…

This is a collection of essays that address some of the most fundamental human questions through the lenses of philosophy, literature, religion, politics and theology.

Darwinian Evolution and Classical Liberalism brings together a collection of new essays that examine the multifaceted ferment between Darwinian biology and classical liberalism.