David Horowitz's new work of human philosophy is more than a masterpiece. [...]
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David Mamet's foray into political philosophy is a triumph, or is that too modest a word? [...] Senator Obama and his wife are both products of the anger of the 1960's
[...] In her recent book, T.S. Bogorad explores the nature of community, the meaning and necessity of social interaction, and the modern political concept of social victimization. [...] In this classic work, Russell Kirk attempted to explicate a body of belief, to arrange a synthesis of thought, to outline a broad panorama of one distinct branch of political philosophy. [...] Ludwig von Mises' The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality synthesizes sociology, psychology, and economics into an excellent account of one salient part of American intellectual history. [...] When a firm religious faith is battered (I would affirm Christianity as the firmest), some other faith replaces. [...] Whittaker Chambers' Witness helped awaken America to the domestic threat of communism and is one of the most significant autobiographies of the twentieth century. [...] Eight categories of essays: Fundamentals, Fiat Money and the Gold Standard, Free Trade and Protectionism, Great Economists, Socialism, Privatization versus Government Ownership, Budgets, Taxes, Bureaucracy, and Interventionism, and Reaganomics. [...] The late, great Max Eastman remarked after reading Kuehnelt-Leddihn that "Reading (him) is like going to college and graduate school, all over again." [...] In this book the significance of the movement of the Right, its fissions and resultant lesions, its successes and resultant transformations, its disavowal of its classical liberal root, is laid bare. [...] Lionel Trilling saw literature as a corrective to politics, offering a more subtle and realistic account of human existence. [...] In one concise volume, Schiller documents the changes in conservative thought after the 1950s, explains the different components of conservative thought, and analyzes the current state of American conservatism. [...] In contrast to Kirk, Voegelin, Strauss, and Meyer, Molnar offers only one "a priori" dictum: that the substance of the counter-revolutionary affirmation remain rooted in the immutable nature of God and his creation, man. [...] The majority of Randians and recovering Randians are imbued with the concept that freedom is most desirable. [...] Dr. Willmoore Kendall was a colorful figure as well as a penetrating analyst. [...] Four clear conceptions of Ortega's thinking, as reflected by the book under review, can be found in the writings of Albert Jay Nock, Michael Oakeshott, Ayn Rand, and Murray Rothbard. [...] Gregory Schneider's collection of essays is a must read principally for its emphasis on past and present diversity within the conservative movement. [...] This is a book about the dissolution of the West, and the culprit is the mass mind, gnosticism, or socialism. [...] Method, Money, and the Market Process is a beautiful introduction to the work of Ludwig von Mises. The twenty one essays deal with the topics of methodology, money, trade, economic systems, and ideology. [...] Voegelin’s fascination with gnosticism can be seen in today’s Traditionalists, Libertarians, the Evangelical Christian Right, and the Communitarians. [...] Frank Meyer advocated a “fusionism” of libertarianism and conservatism, which was much criticized by Murray Rothbard, the late L. Brent Bozell, Jr., and Craig Schiller. But if Meyer was wrong, then why is Donald Devine of the American Conservative Union calling for conservatives and libertarians to unite again. [...] Starting with #25, IC’s Dr. Enrico Peppe reviews the first of IC’s top 25 conservative books. Dr. Peppe argues that Strauss’ book on natural rights does not advocate either a paleoconservative or a neoconservative position. Strauss is a traditionalist, not a classical liberal. [...] |
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