We continue with our discussion of Jerzy Kosinski’s novel, Being There, at the point where “Chauncey Gardiner,” mistaken for a wealthy and handsome businessman, meets the President of the United States and the American press–and a desperate heiress. … More Romantic Democracy: The Blind Following the Blind. (Kosinski’s Being There, 4)
This is a segment of an hour long lecture followed by a Q & A session for patrons of the Maurin Academy. To get the entire course and all the courses, reading groups and our lecture series, support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/maurinacademy … More The Quality of Friendships: Does it Matter for Politics? Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics Public Segment #3
Join Deacon Christopher May this summer for his four-part introductory series on Ivan Illich. This series will meet on Tuesdays: June 17, July 1, 15, and 29 at 7 p.m. US Central Time, live on Zoom. To join Deacon Chris live join our Patreon at the Worker Scholar level ($10), and to get the recordings … More Sign Up for Introduction to Ivan Illich Here!
These are segments of the fourth session in Dr. Laurie M Johnson’s 5-part series on her new book, The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars (Wipf & Stock, 2024).
Dr. Laurie M. Johnson discussing themes from her new book, subtitled A Longer View On Our Culture Wars, focusing on solving political disputes. You can see all five full sessions of this series, and a lot more, by joining the Maurin Academy on Patreon. … More Narcissistic Leaders in Church and State–Segments from Session 4 of The Gap in God’s Country series
Claire Provost and Matt Kennard are investigative journalists, and together they have produced a wide-ranging account of how governments, NGO’s and global corporations collude to extract wealth from taxpayers, workers and the poorest of the poor. The overall lesson of this book is that corporate governance has replaced liberal democratic government in the developed world, and in the developing world, colonial overlordship has given way to international corporate power. … More New Review: Silent Coup by Provost & Kennard
Donald Trump will be our president for the next four years. We are living through unprecedented times. It’s hard not to see this as a huge protest vote—with several sometimes competing things being protested. The effects of globalization. Job insecurity. Alienation from others and anxiety about the future. Anxiety about rapid and continuous cultural change. Anger over elite privilege. The list goes on. I doubt if Donald Trump is going to change anything in a direction that fixes those problems. The fact that Elon Musk loves him, and Jeff Bezos is willing to play ball with him by shutting down the Washington Post editorial board says that he’s ultimately very friendly to large corporations. The stock market is going up. … More About the Trump Victory
Laurie Johnson talks about her new book, published by Wipf & Stock, Cascade Books, and about her upcoming live sessions discussing themes from the book.
Synopsis of the book: https://pmaurin.org/2024/10/23/published-the-gap-in-gods-country-a-longer-view-on-our-culture-wars/ … More Published and for sale: The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View On Our Culture Wars
Direct link to DePaul University Political Scientist Dr. David Lay William’s book and e-book, The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691171975/the-greatest-of-all-plagues?srsltid=AfmBOoouC6GyFyOl3Elvzagqym3OgW-ohnU_ydH4vwXy6E0Nz3OpVb34 … More The Greatest of All Plagues: Economic Inequality From Plato to Marx: Interview w/ David Lay Williams
Recently Clark Massey interviewed me about my upcoming book, The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars, Wipf & Stock, Cascade. The book should be out in November. … More A New Simpleton Podcast Interview About My Upcoming Book, The Gap in God’s Country
Yes, it’s time for the Hillbilly Elegy Book Club. Leave your comments and Laurie will respond to at least some of them in her next session!
… More Hillbilly Elegy Book Club! Introduction (Analysis of JD Vance’s 2016 book)
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