Tag: Pierre Manent

Book Review: Recovering Politics, Civilization, and the Soul: Essays on Pierre Manent and Roger Scruton

Daniel J. Mahoney’s new book, “Recovering Politics, Civilization, and the Soul,” is an analytical study as well as a work of praise for the contributions of two modern conservative philosophers: the French philosopher, Pierre Manent, and the British philosopher, Roger Scruton. These analyses and praises are displayed in essay form from one of the more…


Recovering Politics, Civilization, and the Soul

Commentary There is no more fundamental task that lies before us than a self-conscious effort to recover the meaning of politics, civilization, and the soul for this (or any other) time. Not politics as a diabolical realm of power-seeking and “domination” rooted in will-to-power, but the “ruling and being ruled in turn,” as Aristotle called…