Daniel McCarthy on Conservatism

My ep with Daniel McCarthy (@ToryAnarchist ) is out.We discuss his 5 part class on Conservatism that he will teach for Renegade University.We cover all kinds of ground here: paleoconservativism,neocons,traditional,Burnham, Francis,Buchanan,Kirk and more. https://t.co/0lM0wJV4qp

— Buck (@buckrebel) June 21, 2021

Daniel McCarthy on the Future of Fusionism

Daniel McCarthy @ToryAnarchist joins @JeffDeist on #HAPod to continue last week's discussion of the rapid breakdown of America's political order, with wokeism rising on the Left and Reaganism dying on the Right. https://t.co/lC81WvrPTg

— Mises Media (@mises_media) March 26, 2021

American Awakening

"From identity politics and the Alt-Right to the opioid crisis and coronavirus lockdown, Joshua Mitchell is the master diagnostician of the philosophical and spiritual errors behind our country's critical condition." —@ToryAnarchist https://t.co/ZfXtXEeGEu

— Encounter Books (@EncounterBooks) November 27, 2020

Encounter Books

Daniel McCarthy on the Bob Murphy Show

A few cheers for democracy and populism: @BobMurphyEcon and I talk about Machiavelli, Jacobinism, Latin America, and more in his latest podcast (taped just before the U.S. election), https://t.co/5m1jYcqAjx

— Daniel McCarthy (@ToryAnarchist) November 24, 2020

Captivate

Daniel McCarthy Makes the Case for Trump

The case for Trump

Daniel McCarthy (@ToryAnarchist) talks about what is really at stake in the US election on the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show:https://t.co/J9pbRcWnph

— spiked (@spikedonline) October 20, 2020

Tory Anarchism

McCarthy is right about the attractiveness of decentralization but wrong to use the word "anarchy" to describe what is "localism." The state is no "modern republic" and true political community (which is properly scaled) is not "anarchic."

If the only escape from Leviathan is radical decentralization, will conservatives become Tory anarchists? https://t.co/JahdXgVXVC

— Modern Age (@ModAgeJournal) August 31, 2020

Modern Age

In Anticipation of a Special Issue

AmConMag: Podcast: What Is American Conservatism?
John Burtka and Daniel McCarthy join the hosts for a conversation about the next print issue of the magazine

Any Future for Conservatism?

Gain expert clarity on the most heated debates in conservatism today.

Is conservatism a living tradition? Or is it a "dead consensus"? @ToryAnarchist, editor of @ModAgeJournal, will help you navigate this question.

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— Intercollegiate Studies Institute (@ISI) May 31, 2020

Making the Republican Party Great Again

Or returning to its oligarchic roots in a different fashion? Economic nationalism?

First Things: A NEW CONSERVATIVE AGENDA by Daniel McCarthy
A GOVERNING PHILOSOPHY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Burnham > Goldberg

Suicide of the West: James Burnham vs. Jonah Goldberg by Daniel McCarthy

I think AmConMag put this up only a few days before the election

I was going to put a link on last Monday but then the week happened. Here it is, their regular symposium on the presidential election.

Daniel McCarthy on James Burnham

American Machiavelli
James Burnham reveals how our oligarchy rules.

More on Clans and the Nation-State

Cato Unbound:
Human Nature vs. Libertarian Ideals by Arnold Kling
States: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them by John Fabian Witt

Reply to Kling and McCarthy by Mark S. Weiner
Reply to Witt by Mark S. Weiner
Neither Clans Nor Clubs, But a Bit of Both by Daniel McCarthy

State vs. Clan

Mark S. Weiner, The Paradox of Modern Individualism
Daniel McCarthy, The Paradox of Rule
The Clan vs. Modern, State-Dependent "Individualism"

Is There a Place for Southern Conservatism in Uhmerica?

The Right’s Civil War by Daniel McCarthy
From Harry Jaffa to Jack Hunter, attitudes toward Lincoln have shown what conservatives think about centralized power today.

There are some comments about Jack Hunter at CHT.

Something Pete T. might appreciate: CIA agents look better in Harris tweed: how Argo revived a Scottish classic

Daniel McCarthy

Eamon Duffy on the Protestant Reformation in England

The story of the Reformation needs reforming
The destruction of most of the libraries, music and art of England was not a religious breakthrough but a cultural calamity

Daniel McCarthy, Is a Multicultural England a Catholic England?

Could there be a valid kind of multiculturalism in the UK? I do not think so; there may be some sort of pluralism (the existence of separate distinct cultures) but unless this multiculturalism was united in some form of apostolic Christianity (from which the "Church" of England continues to drift farther away), the reigning secular "liberal" establishment will continue to remain hostile against apostolic Christianity. The Catholic Church, as elsewhere, can only seek renewal and the conversion of souls, instead of endorsing some sort of political programme serving the public good.

What would have happened if England had not become Protestant? Would the English Church have been a sufficient check on nationalism, capitalism, and empire-building? (It seems to have failed to do so in countries that remained nominally Catholic.)

The Copperhead

A collaboration between Bill Kauffman and director Ron Maxwell. Trailer:



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It's a sincere effort, but it may be borderline with respect to theatrical quality. (Some of the acting seems more appropriate for cable television.)

Dissent in Wartime: 1860s Edition by Daniel McCarthy
Bill Kauffman, See You at the Movies

American Conservative Symposium on the Election

The Conservative Vote: A Symposium

PJB voices his opinion here. Daniel Larison adds some personal notes, and he also has this post: Replacing the Congressional GOP’s Leadership.

Items of Interest, 3 August 2012

Peter Hitchens, Two Valuable Voices Lost in One Week

On Gore Vidal:

But the thing for which I think he will remembered is ‘Lincoln’, a historical novel of charm and power, which is also thrilling and moving. Many of my conservative American friends loathe Abraham Lincoln, and I can see why. But I can’t share their view. There is something about this wry, sad, gaunt, shrewd man that is terribly likeable (my view of him is influenced by the hilarious portrayal in George Macdonald Fraser’s Flashman novel set in pre-Civil War America’ Flash for Freedom’.

Justin Raimondo: Gore Vidal, The Last Jeffersonian (Patriotic Gore)
Gore Vidal, RIP
Bill Kauffman, The Populist Patriotism of Gore Vidal (and The Last Republican)

States’ Rights and Divided Sovereignty by Daniel McCarthy

In Aeternum: The England that Never Changes by Joseph Pearce

Whose Country Is it, Anyway? by Gavin McInnes

Paul Craig Roberts, War Criminals in Our Midst

Pat Buchanan, Chick-Fil-A and the Culture War

The Joy of National Default by Dmitry Orlov

Urban Farms or Myths? by Devon G. Pena

The Key to the Bastille: Learning from the Past with Benedict XVI by Christopher Blum