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Wokism is the New Face of An Old Heresy, And It Can Be Defeated Again
Philosopher Ed Feser argues that the new “higher gnosis” of woke ideology, pseudo-religion and anti-politics is a lot like an older gnosticism which was…
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Edward Feser
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Why They Hate Us
Post-liberalism Reveals the Nakedness of the Liberal Imperium
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Patrick J. Deneen
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Western Civilization's Immunodeficiency Disease
Philosopher Edward Feser examines liberalism on the analogy of an immunodeficiency virus which not only compromises the health of the social body, but…
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Edward Feser
Russia, America, and the Danger of Political Gnosticism
What Eric Voegelin can teach us about today’s international crisis
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Patrick J. Deneen
Revitalizing the American Republic
Patrick Deneen was recently interviewed by an influential German magazine on what the election of Donald Trump means for America.
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Patrick J. Deneen
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Abandoning Defensive Crouch Conservatism
Toward a Conservatism that is not Liberalism
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Patrick J. Deneen
21
“Who Decides?”
In debates over law, politics, and political theology, one of the most frequently heard questions is “who decides?” But this is really two very…
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Adrian Vermeule
What Comes After the Ruins of Liberalism
Philip Pilkington on Foucault’s nihilistic exposure of the lies and deceits of the Enlightenment — and our postliberal need to build societies in…
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Philip Pilkington
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Cheer, Cheer for Old Notre Dame
On the real reason to root for Notre Dame Football
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Patrick J. Deneen
4
“It Can’t Happen”; Or, the Poverty of Political Imagination
One of the themes I hope to pursue on this substack is the nature and limits of the political imagination, which seems to me chronically impoverished…
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Adrian Vermeule
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In Defense of Culture War
Philosopher Edward Feser argues that Wokism cannot be defeated with economic or market solutions because it’s not fighting an economic war but a…
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Edward Feser
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What is Free Speech For?
Our resident philosopher Edward Feser dispels certain mirages that liberalism creates around “free speech” by way of a teleological understanding of the…
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Edward Feser
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