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The Disappointments of Liberalism: Luke Savage’s “The Dead Center”

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.—Robert Frost Liberals have long prided themselves on their pragmatism and moderation. While radical movements on…

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8 min

Politics

Is Liberalism Worth Saving?

Often, a political ideology can be justified on the basis of its principles, despite its many failings in practice. This is how Francis Fukuyama and Patrick Deneen’s interpretations of liberalism…

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7 min

Politics

What the Left Can Learn from Right-Wing Thinkers

Some people on the left believe that those on the right have no strong intellectual heritage, that right-wing politics is based on tradition, hierarchy and obedience, and has no need…

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16 min

Politics

Beyond Postmodern: The Neoliberal Roots of Woke Cancel Culture

Anumber of writers on the left and center-left have recently expressed alarm at cancel culture. In some respects, their concerns match those of conservatives who’ve railed against campus deplatforming, compelled…

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11 min

Politics

Criticizing Postmodern Conservatism: A Response

My books (available here and here) on postmodern conservatism have enjoyed some interest: including, to my surprise, critical interest from conservatives and moderates. The most sustained effort was a recent…

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10 min

Politics

Michael Lind’s “The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite.”

The most salient divide in American life is between an increasingly powerful “managerial elite” and a vast underclass that remains alienated from its cultural values—according, at least, to Michael Lind,…

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9 min

Politics

What is Neoliberalism, Anyway?

There are few words in today’s political lexicon as simultaneously popular and misunderstood as neoliberalism. The term has become a rallying cry for the left, used to signal one’s political…

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14 min

A Peculiar Phenomenon: Review of “The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism” by Matthew McManus

Most of us were utterly unprepared for those astonishing events of 2016: Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency. Why…

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11 min

Stephen Harper’s Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption. Book Review.

The emergence of right wing populism—which I call postmodern conservatism—as a global political force has provoked a flurry of explanatory books (including two forthcoming by yours truly). These have ranged…

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10 min

Michel Foucault: Arch-Leftist or Subversive Conservative?

Michel Foucault is one of the great thinkers of (post) modern thought, and arguably the most influential figure in the humanities and social science from the second half of the…

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9 min

The Reactionary Mind by Corey Robin. Book Review

Few political science books have stirred as much controversy as Corey Robin’s The Reactionary Mind. In its initial review, the New York Times dismisses the book as a diatribe preaching…

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9 min

Politics

Illiberal Conservatism

Introduction: The Rebirth of History In 1989, a young and then unknown scholar named Francis Fukuyama published a short article in the National Interest with the provocative title “The End…

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11 min

Review

A Review of Quinn Slobodian’s “Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism”

Well, I would say that, as long-term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships. But a dictatorship may be a necessary system for a transitional period. At times it is necessary for…

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12 min

Politics

How Post-Modern Conservatism Emerged

“Truth is not Truth” Rudy Guiliani, August 19, 2018 Introduction In an earlier article for Areo, I discussed the state of conservatism today, and argued that we are witnessing the…

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Neoliberalism

The Disappointments of Liberalism: Luke Savage’s “The Dead Center”

Is Liberalism Worth Saving?

What the Left Can Learn from Right-Wing Thinkers

Beyond Postmodern: The Neoliberal Roots of Woke Cancel Culture

Criticizing Postmodern Conservatism: A Response

Michael Lind’s “The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite.”

What is Neoliberalism, Anyway?

A Peculiar Phenomenon: Review of “The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism” by Matthew McManus

Stephen Harper’s Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption. Book Review.

Michel Foucault: Arch-Leftist or Subversive Conservative?

The Reactionary Mind by Corey Robin. Book Review

Illiberal Conservatism

A Review of Quinn Slobodian’s “Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism”

How Post-Modern Conservatism Emerged

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