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Category Archives: Political Theory
Social Media as a Model for the Collapse of Liberal Democracy
Brett Stevens has a very intriguing and thought provoking post titled “Social media as a model for the collapse of liberal democracy“. We are now familiar with the social media cycle: 1)New site appears and the movers and shakers — … Continue reading
Posted in Death of the West, Political Theory, Sociology
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Johnson: The Refutation of Libertarianism
In the always excellent Counter-Currents, Greg Johnson has a brief post on “The Refutation of Libertarianism“. He starts off with the following, straightforward and self-evident axioms: Libertarianism is the politics of individualism. Individualism is both a metaphysical and a moral … Continue reading
Posted in Political Theory, White Identity
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Roger Scruton Interview
The Telegraph has an interview with the excellent paleoconservative philosopher Roger Scruton
Posted in Philosophy, Political Theory
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Fukuyama on China
In The Guardian, Wesley Yank profiles Francis Fukuyama, whose publications are apparently required reading amongst China’s high level, Communist party members: There are 300 to 400 million Chinese in the middle class; that number will rise to 600 million in … Continue reading
Posted in International, Political Theory
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Rosen on Leo Strauss
In “Athens on the Midway: Defending Leo Strauss”, Gary Rosen (former managing editor of Commentary… ahem) writes a defense, of sorts, of the ‘Dark Lord’ of neoconservatism, Leo Strauss. I chuckled at the following paragraph, representing the perils of attempting … Continue reading
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Irving Kristol on Jews and Judaism
Gertrude Himmelfarb, the noted neoconservative writer and wife of Irving Kristol, discusses “Irving Kristol on Jews and Judaism“: “Is there such a thing as a ‘neo’ gene?” With this query Irving Kristol opens his 1995 essay, “An Autobiographical Memoir.” His … Continue reading
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James Burnham
In The American Conservative, Daniel McCarthy profiles the often overlooked, founding neoconservative James Burnham: He was one of the key thinkers of the postwar conservative movement, though his thought is badly neglected on the right today. The man whose mind … Continue reading
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Irving Kristol: On Jews and Judaism
Mosaic Books (“Advancing Jewish Thought”) has published a collection of essays by neoconservative icon Irving Kristol titled Irving Kristol: On Jews and Judaism. Some advance praise for the book: “Upon readers for whom Irving Kristol has been chiefly a political … Continue reading
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Michael Oakeshott – Primer
The Brits have a tradition of politicians, usually conservative, also being intellectuals. In The New Statesman, Jesse Norman, “the MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire”, has written an excellent piece on conservative philosopher Michael Oakeshott: … Oakeshott suggests: “In political … Continue reading
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BookTV: Mark Levin
Two things that stood out of me in the BookTV interview with Mark Levin yesterday on C-SPAN. (I caught only an hour of it). 1) In the interview, Levin asserts — without caveats — that Christianity (particularly) Protestants — are … Continue reading
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