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Temptations of Tyranny
Rod Dreher’s conflicted support for President Trump illustrates a broader crisis among intellectual conservatives who fear the "soft totalitarianism" of liberal institutions yet embrace the hard authoritarianism of executive overreach. Drawing on Hannah Arendt’s political thought, the essay contends that true freedom is preserved not through charismatic leaders but through the multiplication and decentralization of citizen power. Revitalizing democracy, it argues, requires stubborn, local acts of collective governance rather than the dangerous temptation to concentrate authority in a single figure.04-27-2025
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Back Row America
Roger Berkowitz looks at Chris Arnade's revelations about a different side of life in America.06-09-2019
Question and Answer
Mary Frances Williams was asked to leave the Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies meeting this year... 06-02-2019
Private Wisdom and Public Rhetoric
Anastasia Berg and Jon Baskin at The Point look at the public/private distinction among left academics, responding to...06-02-2019
Campus Politics
Liel Leibovitz offers an interesting perspective on the current wave of identity politics on college campuses in Tablet...06-02-2019
Immortality and Politics
Roger Berkowitz writes about immortality, Arendt, and Amber Scorah's reflections on grief.06-02-2019
Leadership and Academic Freedom
Roger Berkowitz writes about the Wall Street Journal's coverage of strong leadership and engaged debate at Bard College.05-26-2019
Taking White Interests Seriously?
By Roger BerkowitzIsaac Chotiner of The New Yorker interviews Eric Kauffman about his new book Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities. Kauffman’s book looks analyzes a double insight...
05-26-2019
In Memoriam:
Jacques Taminiaux
By Jerome KohnI met Jacques Taminiaux in 1978 in Monteripido, where the Collegium Phenomenologicum gathered for six weeks in June and July. Monteripido is a Franciscan monastery -- a calm and beautiful place -- eight hundred years old, built in stone high above the fortress city of Perugia, Umbria, italy. It is the oldest Franciscan monastery after Assisi in which St. Francis lived and died. When the sky is clear one can see from Monteripido to Assisi.
05-26-2019