Patrick J. Deneen

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Patrick J. Deneen teaches political theory at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of several books, most recently Why Liberalism Failed.

Recent Essays

Facebook and the Affairs of the Elderly

Patrick J. Deneen - July 14, 2011

Here's an interesting essay arguing that the rise of divorce rates among the elderly is due to Facebook and other social media. The...

“Caylee’s Law” and the Specter of Civil Breakdown

Patrick J. Deneen - July 11, 2011

Alexandria, VA In the wake of the "not guilty" finding in the Casey Anthony trial, large numbers of outraged individuals have begun a campaign...

Social Justice, Rightly Understood

Patrick J. Deneen - June 28, 2011

One of the most unexamined terms in regular use among left Catholics today is "social justice." Vague and often closely aligned with support...

Biovillages

Patrick J. Deneen - June 27, 2011

This article describes the effort of local villages in Germany to provide their own heat through local renewable resources. And, wonderfully, it stresses...

My Teacher, My Friend

Patrick J. Deneen - June 11, 2011

Alexandria, VA Some, perhaps many readers here will know that I learned much of what I know of political philosophy - and, much of...

The Future of Democracy in America

Patrick J. Deneen - May 26, 2011

This week I have been lecturing at the Ignatianum Academy in Krakow, Poland. It has been a marvelous experience thus far, including time spent...

Regret Minimization

Patrick J. Deneen - May 4, 2011

Jeremy Grantham is paid to make people money. Among his clients is Dick Cheney, who, based on Grantham's advice, was well-positioned before the...

Wendell Berry,Wes Jackson, and some Guy named Charles at Georgetown

Patrick J. Deneen - May 3, 2011

Late last week I received notice that jolly Prince Charles will be speaking at Georgetown on the future of food, fresh from his oldest...

Spring Spheres and the Vernal Equinox Bunny

Patrick J. Deneen - April 14, 2011

Our return to a distinctively modern form of paganism is nearly complete - a teacher at a Seattle school approved a "hunt" for round...

The New Lisbon?

Patrick J. Deneen - March 17, 2011

In the wake of a series of catastrophes in the course of recent years - the financial crisis and the Great Recession; the Gulf...

Between the Neo-Cons and the Libertarians

Patrick J. Deneen - March 14, 2011

I'm a respondent in a Cato Unbound symposium devoted to a consideration of C. Bradley Thompson's recent book, Neoconservatism: An Obituary of an Idea,...

Shout Out

Patrick J. Deneen - March 7, 2011

Let me recommend the latest issue - as well as really all issues - of the very fine journal "Perspectives on Political Science," edited...