When language is weaponized

When language is weaponized

FROM VOL. 52
Jeffrey Meyers explains George Orwell's understanding of how language can be used as a weapon in totalitarian movements and regimes. (10 minutes)
Confronting the supremacy of science

Confronting the supremacy of science

Augusto Del Noce on the belief that science is the only true form of knowledge
The roots of American disorder

The roots of American disorder

In this reading of an article from 2021 by Michael Hanby, the critique of Marxism in Augusto del Noce’s work is compared with texts from the American Founders. (79 minutes)
When is civil disobedience necessary?

When is civil disobedience necessary?

Douglas Farrow examines the relation between “the kings of the earth” and the law of Christ, particularly when governmental law is exercised without reference to natural or divine law. (49 minutes)
Power and paranoia

Power and paranoia

From our cassette tape archives, Daniel Chirot talks about political tyranny, and Daniel Pipes explains how conspiracy theories flourish. (31 minutes)
The negation of transcendence

The negation of transcendence

Michael Hanby argues that our current civilizational crisis can be understood as a “new totalitarianism" that negates or disallows every form of transcendence. (32 minutes)
Totalitarianism in a new mode

Totalitarianism in a new mode

John Milbank on how liberalism has a marked tendency to become illiberal
Liberalism’s totalitarian logic

Liberalism’s totalitarian logic

Antonio López on the logic of liberalism’s totalitarian tendencies
Skepticism and totalitarian drift

Skepticism and totalitarian drift

John Paul II on how a loss of confidence in the reality of truth accentuates the will to power
Roger Kimball: “Leszek Kolakowski and the Anatomy of Totalitarianism”

Roger Kimball: “Leszek Kolakowski and the Anatomy of Totalitarianism”

Roger Kimball summarizes the diagnosis of modernity’s ailments offered by philosopher Leszek Kolakowski. (35 minutes)