Patrick J. Deneen

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

Return to Princeton

I'll be lecturing this Thursday, March 10, on the campus of Princeton University. My lecture title is entirely non-controversial: "The Conservative Case...

Wendell Berry Receives Humanities Medal

On March 1, Wendell Berry was awarded one of the nation's Humanities Medals in a ceremony at the White House. This article relates...

Civility and Democracy

Alexandria, VA In the wake of the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona, a chorus of voices – mainly, if not exclusively on the political...

In the Shadow of the Blue Ridge

I'm lecturing at Virginia Tech on Friday. Come on by.

Duh

Time to sell the SUV. And buy a farm.

Prime Directive

Let the unwashed eat Doritos.

Brave ‘Net World

Is the internet an agent of freedom and liberation in the world?

Farewell to the Republic

Remembering Ike's "Farewell Address," fifty years later.

Two Columns Worth Reading

Two columns - by Brooks and Cohen - provoke reflection upon the nature of our civic crisis.

Art and Community

The recent controversy over the removal of a video from the Smithsonian offers a good occasion to reflect on the relationship between the artist and the polity.

Like Ike?

TAC reconsiders Eisenhower's Farewell Address, delivered fifty years ago next month. Kauffman and yours truly participate in a fine symposium reflecting on the dangers of the "military-industrial complex."

A Fertile Christmas Tradition

While Peters is peddling his technophiliac vision below, I commend this ancient Catalonian tradition for your creche (and your garden), "the Caganer."