On Saturday, July 19, at 4 p.m. US Central Time, the Communio study circle (mainly Ressourcement theology) will read the first chapter of Hans Urs Von Balthasar’s book Mysterium Paschale (The Mystery of Easter) https://ignatius.com/mysterium-paschale-mystp/.
Jakob’s reading AI Snake Oil. Here’s a description from the publisher, Princeton University Press:
“By power of its title alone, Mediaeval Socialism is a book certain to provoke. Regardless of how one defines the term “socialism,” as Bede Jarrett, O.P., notes, it “is a modern thing, and dependent almost wholly on modern conditions.” The question is well-worth asking, then: “How is it possible to find any real correspondence between theories of … Read more
This is a snippet from the third session of Laurie Johnson’s recent class “The Golden Mean: Introduction to Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics.” If you like this and you’re on Patreon, you’ve got access to the full recordings for this course.
As part of the Maurin Academy speaker series, Dave McKerracher will be with us in August. Dave is the author of Timenergy and is the founder of Theory Underground. He will discuss multiple themes he has developed in his research and at Theory Underground. Dave’s main aim will be to introduce the idea of Soul … Read more
The Maurin Academy offers three tiers on Patreon, which is our platform for providing our educational content. We thought we’d explain them briefly here. You can go The Maurin Academy Patreon to join!
Join Deacon Christopher May this summer for his four-part introductory series on Ivan Illich. This series will meet on Tuesdays: June 17, July 1, 15, and 29 at 7 p.m. US Central Time, live on Zoom. To join Deacon Chris live join our Patreon at the Worker Scholar level ($10), and to get the recordings … Read more
The Maurin Academy’s Great Books reading group will meet Thursday, June 5 at 7 p.m. to discuss an early statement on the situation laborers in industrial capitalism: Rerum Novarum: The Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor by Pope Leo XIII (1891). We decided on this work in the wake of the election of Pope … Read more
Spencer and Laurie talk with Prof. Jodi Dean about themes from her new book Capital’s Grave: Neofeudalism and the New Class Struggle (Verso, 2025). The theme of neofeudalism is one we have returned to several times as it seems more and more clear that our economy has moved well past competition into monopolies and highly concentrated wealth.
Laurie interviews a very special guest, and Spencer misses out on the best interview in Dustbowl Diatribes three seasons.