A Review: “Look Homeward, America”

By |2014-02-06T12:52:18-06:00March 9th, 2013|Categories: Books, Patriotism|

Look Homeward, America, by Bill Kauffman Bill Kauffman is not ashamed to be an American. In fact, he loves his country, though he is also at pains to explain precisely what “America” it is that he loves: There are two Americas: the televised America, known and hated by the world, and the rest of us. [...]

New Groundbreaking Study of Edmund Burke

By |2013-11-27T14:57:07-06:00September 17th, 2012|Categories: Books, Edmund Burke, Ian Crowe, Lee Cheek, Patriotism|

Patriotism and Public Spirit: Edmund Burke and the Role of the Critic in Mid-18th Century Britain, is a groundbreaking study of the great political philosopher Edmund Burke. The book provides a scholarly advancement of existing knowledge regarding Burke and the intellectual milieu that was so important to his development as a thinker. Chapter one offers an [...]

Patriotic Vision: At Home in a World Made Strange

By |2020-01-09T11:35:41-06:00April 16th, 2012|Categories: Patriotism|Tags: , |

  Patriotism exhibits an unarticulated agreement with Aristotle’s great and challenging assertion that “all men are by nature political animals.” According to Aristotle, humanity in full flourishing requires the goods that a political community affords—the material goods of sustenance, shelter, protection by an organized defense, and the less quantifiable goods of education, the bonds of [...]

Patriotism: A Necessary Sentiment

By |2020-06-22T16:30:57-05:00February 21st, 2011|Categories: American Republic, Clyde Wilson, Nationalism, Patriotism, Quotation|

Patriotism is the wholesome, constructive love of one’s land and people. Nationalism is the unhealthy love of one’s government, accompanied by the aggressive desire to put down others—which becomes in deracinated modern men a substitute for religious faith. Patriotism is an appropriate, indeed necessary, sentiment for people who wish to preserve their freedom; nationalism is [...]

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