Gratitude and stewardship as political postures

Gratitude and stewardship as political postures

FROM VOL. 118
Mark Mitchell explores the consequences of four concepts that are sadly missing from most political debates today: creatureliness, gratitude, human scale, and place. (18 minutes)
Questioning “conservatives”

Questioning “conservatives”

John Lukacs asserts that believers in unending technological ‘progress’ can’t really be conservatives.
Infrastructures of addiction

Infrastructures of addiction

Christopher Lasch on the subversive effects of the expectation of novelty
Christopher Lasch: “Conservatism against Itself”

Christopher Lasch: “Conservatism against Itself”

In this early article from First Things, historian Christopher Lasch poses the question of whether cultural conservatism is compatible with capitalism. (42 minutes)