by Laurie M Johnson My latest book has been published by Wipf & Stock. My hope is that this book will help readers gain perspective on the political/culture wars that hold our societies back. While the focus is on the US and the causes of its economic, cultural, political and religious divisions, the information and … Read more
Laurie discusses her book The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View On Our Culture Wars with Clark, especially on the issue of poverty.
Hillbilly Elegy has become an important part of our public discourse, so Dr. Laurie Johnson is going to dedicate a public book club to this 2016 book. She’ll go chapter by chapter through the book, giving a picture of what JD Vance is saying, from her perspective. Along the way, she’ll be looking at the public comments on the Maurin Academy’s Political Philosophy YouTube channel and responding to them in the next video.
Laurie and Spencer discuss the implications and reverberations of the recent Maurin Academy lecture by the last Marxist, Chris Cutrone, and their interview with John Rao on Traditionalism and the Roman School. Both men discussed the time period of the 1848 revolutions in Europe. Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Political Philosophy: https://political-philosophy.com Dustbowl Diatribes and Political Philosophy are … Read more
By Laurie M. Johnson My latest book has been published by Wipf & Stock! My hope is that this book will help readers gain perspective on the political/culture wars that hold our societies back. While the focus is on the US and the causes of its economic, cultural, political and religious divisions, the information and … Read more
We’ll meet Sergio Mata’u Rapu and Elena Kouneski Rapu, whose independent documentary Eating Up Easter was picked up by PBS and helped to introduce the world to the richness of culture and the challenges of the Rapa Nui people who live on Easter Island, which include handling a tremendous amount of tourism and all the … Read more
The most remote inhabited island in the Pacific Ocean, Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile), occupies a place in the popular imagination with its iconic stone statues. It is in the remoteness and beauty of this landscape that filmmakers Sergio Mata’u Rapu and Elena Kouneski Rapu documented the paradoxes that arise when indigenous and local communities seek both economic development and ecological sustainability.
Using selections of texts from Plato’s Republic, Gorgias, Symposium, and Laws, Laurie will discuss key ideas that attracted early Christians: Plato’s idealism (doctrine of the forms), his views on justice, the role of human love, the existence of God, and the afterlife. The last half hour, at least, will be for open discussion. Each session … Read more
Here’s a brief explanation of what’s going on with Jakob Hanschu’s reading group this year.
