In September 1974, the English philosopher Michael Oakeshott delivered the Abbott Memorial Lecture at Colorado College....
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The Tradition I Wish to Conserve
Religious faith has been a part of my life since childhood. Thinking about this essay brought to mind one of my...
A Violent Recovery: Allen Tate and the Religious Foundations of Community
Allen Tate’s contribution to I’ll Take My Stand poses a challenge. He concludes his “Remarks on Southern...
Great Books, Higher Education, and the Logos
This essay appears in the Winter-Spring 2011 issue of Modern Age. To subscribe now, go here. Generally...
The Young Stephen Tonsor: Teacher, Historicist, and Conservative
JOSEPH A. AMATO is Professor Emeritus of History at Southwest State University in Marshall, Minnesota. His most recent works...
Socialist Man: A Psychological Profile
Socialism is a coherent philosophical doctrine, but more than that it is a political program to be achieved. Its...
The Fragility of Democracy
In common usage, the word, “democracy,” is far from a univocal term. “The Peoples Democratic Republic” is not...
Faith and Education
Christopher Dawson, a twentieth century historian, once described the inseparable links between religion, culture, and...
The 50 Best Books of the 20th Century
What do these lists reveal about the character of the Twentieth Century?
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