http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/ The University Bookman, reviewing books that build culture en pedman@kirkcenter.org Copyright 2013 2013-06-16T13:50:44+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/still-left-in-the-dark/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/still-left-in-the-dark/#When:13:50:44Z Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark by Brian Kellow. Viking Adult, 2011. Hardcover, 417 pages, $28. Patrick M. McCarthy Reviews 2013-06-16T13:50:44+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/summer-2013-reading/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/summer-2013-reading/#When:13:14:46Z We’re back with another collection of summer reading recommendations from our reviewers and friends. Last year’s summer reading list was justifiably popular, so the Bookman pleased to return with another round of contributions from our reviewers, who have culled through the massive numbers of books published to focus on those worth reading, discussing, and digesting. Bookman contributors Symposia 2013-06-08T13:14:46+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/pragmatists-versus-agrarians/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/pragmatists-versus-agrarians/#When:02:19:27Z Superfluous Southerners: Cultural Conservatism and the South, 1920–1990 by John J. Langdale. University of Missouri Press, 2012. Cloth, 192 pages, $50. (Kindle ed.) Allen Mendenhall Reviews 2013-06-02T02:19:27+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/burke-party-and-the-human-person/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/burke-party-and-the-human-person/#When:03:22:41Z JP O'Malley interviews Jesse Norman, political thinker and MP, and author of the new book, Edmund Burke: The First Conservative, on Burke as a postmodern thinker, proponent of political parties, agent of change, and other themes.A conversation with Jesse Norman. JP O’Malley Interviews 2013-05-27T03:22:41+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/the-critics-of-burke/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/the-critics-of-burke/#When:02:01:25Z Edmund Burke: Appraisals and Applications, edited by Daniel E. Ritchie. Transaction Publishers, 1990, xxvi + 291 pp., $29.95. Dante Germino Best of the Bookman 2013-05-27T02:01:25+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/copperheads-community-and-those-who-have-lost/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/copperheads-community-and-those-who-have-lost/#When:17:50:50Z Bill Kauffman, screenwriter for the upcoming feature film Copperhead, speaks with the Bookman about localism, war, and his forthcoming film.An interview with Bill Kauffman. Gerald J. Russello Interviews 2013-05-19T17:50:50+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/the-moral-imperative-of-edmund-burke/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/the-moral-imperative-of-edmund-burke/#When:16:47:02Z Edmund Burke: The Enlightenment and Revolution by Peter J. Stanlis, Foreword by Russell Kirk. Transaction Publishers, 1991. xxi +259 pp. $40. Edmund Burke: Prescription and Providence by Francis Canavan. Carolina Academic Press, 1987. xiv +183 pp. $24. Rod Preece Best of the Bookman 2013-05-19T16:47:02+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/on-general-wolfes-preference/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/on-general-wolfes-preference/#When:01:53:46Z Father Schall looks at Will Cuppy, the question of relations between things and self-evident facts.On Essays and Letters James V. Schall, S.J. On Essays and Letters 2013-05-13T01:53:46+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/platos-idea-of-the-teacher/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/platos-idea-of-the-teacher/#When:01:16:18Z In this essay, the second of two parts, philosophy professor Pedro Blas González explores critical themes from Plato’s classic dialogue.Part Two of Two. Click here for Part One. Pedro Blas González Essays 2013-05-13T01:16:18+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/human-nature-allegory-and-truth-in-plato-republic/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/human-nature-allegory-and-truth-in-plato-republic/#When:21:14:41Z In this essay, the first of two parts, philosophy professor Pedro Blas González explores critical themes from Plato’s classic dialogue.The true lover of learning then must from his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth. —Plato Part One of Two. Pedro Blas González Essays 2013-05-05T21:14:41+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/thank-you-gerhart-niemeyer/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/thank-you-gerhart-niemeyer/#When:21:13:56Z This concise “Best of the Bookman” essay from 1997 honors the late Notre Dame professor Gerhart Niemeyer, student of Voegelin and authority on ideologies, and suggests some of his enduring legacies—including a very Platonic lesson—were those taught by example. Angelo M. Codevilla Best of the Bookman 2013-05-05T21:13:56+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/the-conservative-mind-renewed/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/the-conservative-mind-renewed/#When:01:36:40Z We mark the 60th anniversary of Russell Kirk’s The Conservative Mind in 2013. In this “Best of the Bookman” review from 1979, Senior Fellow George H. Nash reviews the sixth edition on the book’s 25th anniversary. The Conservative Mind, From Burke to Santayana by Russell Kirk. South Bend, Indiana: Gateway Editions, 1978. $5.95 in paperback. Sixth revised edition. George H. Nash Best of the Bookman 2013-04-29T01:36:40+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/the-misremembered-president/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/the-misremembered-president/#When:19:08:58Z Coolidge by Amity Shlaes. HarperCollins, 2013. Hardback, 565 pages, $35. John C. Chalberg Reviews 2013-04-28T19:08:58+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/literature-and-the-call-of-faith/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/literature-and-the-call-of-faith/#When:14:49:56Z The Bookman talks with Gregory Wolfe about contemporary arts, artists, and cultural critics (and what he learned from Russell Kirk) on the occasion of the release of the first novel from his new imprint, Slant Books. An interview with Gregory Wolfe Gerald J. Russello Interviews 2013-04-21T14:49:56+00:00 http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/on-avoiding-prosperous-wickedness/ http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/on-avoiding-prosperous-wickedness/#When:12:44:17Z Father Schall reflects on a Rambler essay from 1750.On Essays and Letters James V. Schall, S.J. On Essays and Letters 2013-04-21T12:44:17+00:00