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State of Emergency
Whether we describe our current condition in terms of postmodernism, neoliberalism, or globalization, the core problem is the loosening of traditional social bonds and institutions. The impact of social...
To Defend Freedom
The Cunning of Freedom: Saving the Self in an Age of False Idols by ryszard legutko encounter, 200 pages, $25.99 Thomas Mann’s 1929 novella Mario and the Magician describes...
Standing Against Tyranny
A year before the end of his long life (1895–1998), the German author Ernst Jünger converted to Catholicism, a late change on a tumultuous path of searching and adventures...
Raw Tales
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm by jacob and wilhelm grimm translated and edited by jack zipes princeton, 568 pages, $35 For two hundred years,...
