Philosophy
The State of the State
The Servile Mind: How Democracy Erodes the Moral Life by Kenneth Minogue
Mao’s Little Helpers
The Wind from the East: French Intellectuals, the Cultural Revolution, and the Legacy of the 1960s by Richard Wolin
Ralph Miliband
A tale of two émigrés: One of whom wanted to subvert the British State, while the other embraced it
Ernest Gellner
A tale of two émigrés: One of whom wanted to subvert the British State, while the other embraced it
Hayek Top Slot Shock
In spite of his reputation, Glenn Beck is introducing huge audiences to high-brow political and economic ideas
It’s Not God Who Needs Saving – It’s Us
Instead of embarking on the project of “saving God” by replacing him with the natural and human shaped world, it is perhaps time to acknowledge that it is we ourselves that need saving – just replacing God with Nature isn’t enough
Staving Off Despair: On the Use and Abuse of Pessimism for Life
The neuroscientist Raymond Tallis and the philosopher Roger Scruton discuss the human condition with the Editor of Standpoint, Daniel Johnson
Harvey Mansfield
This Socratic political philosopher combines Locke and Aristotle to explains what’s best for liberal democracy
Saul Alinsky
Does David Cameron know that one of the inspirations for his “Big Society” was a Marxist who wanted to overthrow Western society?
Can the Atlantic Coalition Hold?
William Kristol, founder-editor of the leading American conservative magazine, the Weekly Standard, and Tim Montgomerie, founder-editor of the ConservativeHome website, discuss the similar problems facing the US and Britain with Standpoint Editor Daniel Johnson
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal