About Anthony Esolen

Anthony M. Esolen is Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Curriculum Curator at Thales College. A senior editor of Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity, Dr. Esolen is known for his elegant essays on the faith and for his clear social commentaries. His books include Life Under Compulsion: Ten Ways to Destroy the Humanity of Your Child; The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization; Ironies of Faith; and Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child. He has also translated Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberate (Johns Hopkins Press); and Dante’s Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso.

Recovering Words and Culture in the Unsociety: Anthony Esolen

By |2016-02-12T15:28:37-06:00September 11th, 2012|Categories: Anthony Esolen, Christianity, Community, Culture, Featured|Tags: |


“Where,” asks the editor, “will your town get the money to build new school rooms, and pay better salaries to more teachers? Thousands of communities are wrestling with this problem, or will soon be faced with it. We offer a suggestion.” It is really quite simple. Everyone, from the PTA to the local Rotarians, should [...]

A New Conservatism?

By |2018-05-25T17:15:31-05:00July 12th, 2010|Categories: Anthony Esolen, Christianity, Conservatism, Featured|

“This year will mark a great opportunity for conservatives,” said the voice over the radio, by which he meant that one style of politician wholly committed to the cramped secular vision of man would triumph over another style of politician committed to the same thing. Which caused me to consider that any new conservatism in [...]

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