Samuel Gregg, Author at The Imaginative Conservative

About Samuel Gregg

Samuel Gregg is Research Director at the Acton Institute. He has authored several books including Becoming Europe.

A Civilizational Foreign Policy

By Samuel Gregg|2021-01-28T23:43:57-06:00January 31st, 2021|Categories: American Republic, Books, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Western Civilization|

In “The Abandonment of the West,” Michael Kimmage focuses on the role of the West in America’s approach to the world. Beyond his historical argument, he believes that the idea of the West requires rehabilitation as an underlying motif of American foreign policy, both to resist authoritarianism abroad and to foster greater unity domestically. The [...]

Fear Looming Over the West

By Samuel Gregg|2021-03-11T14:31:24-06:00November 15th, 2015|Categories: Civilization, History, Modernity, Rome, Western Civilization|

The West finds itself materially prosperous but culturally adrift and fearful. What will it take for the West to redeem itself? Civilizations come and civilizations go. While some prove capable of inner renewal, there’s no guarantee that any given culture will maintain itself over long periods of time. Today, we continue to admire the achievements [...]