Nature and the Nation
Nature and the Nation explores politics, philosophy, psychology, sociology and economics from a naturalistic, paleoconservative perspective, using the format of a book review.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 66 minutes
- Episodes
- 155
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Review: He: Understanding Masculine Psychology by Robert A. Johnson
In this episode I explore the myth of Parsifal and the quest for the Holy Grail as presented in Robert Johnson's Jungian analysis, He: Understanding Masculine Psychology.
01:09:58 |
Sat 06 Sep 2025
Review: Man and his Symbols (Von Franz) edited by Carl Jung
In this episode I look at The Process of Individuation, an essay by Jung's close friend and colleague, Marie-Louise von Franz, in the anthology Man and his Symbols. I focus on the shadow and the anim…
00:57:20 |
Sat 30 Aug 2025
Review: Man and his Symbols (Jung) edited by Carl Jung
In this episode I look at Carl Jung's bird's eye view of his whole life's work, as presented in his contribution to the anthology Man and his Symbols, edited by Jung and published after his death.
01:07:00 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Review: Existence and Being (What is Metaphysics?) by Martin Heidegger and Werner Brock
In this essay I look at Heidegger's famous essay 'What is Metaphysics?' as well as the accompanying essay by Werner Brock that examines and interprets the essays in the book. I explore Heidegger's as…
01:12:08 |
Sun 03 Aug 2025
Review: The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton's The Greek Way is a masterpiece in helping the reader really understand the vital spirit and love of life that contributed to Classical Greek greatness. In this episode I cover this G…
01:00:07 |
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Review: Adaptation and Natural Selection by George Williams
In this episode I look at George Williams' famous rebuke to group selection theory as outlined in Adaptation and Natural Selection. I focus on secondary adaptations, sexual reproduction as an organic…
01:10:17 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Review: Essays in Radical Empiricism by William James
In this episode I examine William James' 1904 address to the American Psychological Association, The Experience of Activity, as presented in Essays in Radical Empiricism. I focus on the illusory aspe…
01:14:18 |
Sat 05 Jul 2025
Review: Essays in Experimental Logic by John Dewey
In this episode I look at John Dewey's 1900 essay Some Stages in Logical Thought, as published in this 1916 collection, Essays in Experimental Logic. I focus on Dewey's assertion that both some fixit…
01:04:10 |
Sun 29 Jun 2025
Review: History of Politics (Kant) edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey
In this episode I return to Strauss and Cropsey's magisterial History of Political Philosophy to examine the essay on Kant. I focus on the split between science and morality, and the contradiction fo…
00:59:39 |
Sat 14 Jun 2025
Review: Heidegger by Michael Inwood
In this episode I engage in an extra-long two-hour examination of the basic philosophy of Martin Heidegger, as described in Michael Inwood's study, Heidegger. Inwood focuses primarily on Heidegger's …
01:57:57 |
Wed 14 May 2025
Review: Be Like the Fox by Erica Benner
In this episode I revisit Niccolo Machiavelli through the lens of Erica Benner's biography of the Renaissance Italian thinker, Be Like the Fox. I examine Machiavelli's dedication to the ideals of the…
00:58:43 |
Sat 10 May 2025
Review: History of Political Philosophy (Machiavelli) edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey
In this episode I return to Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey's History of Political Philosophy, to look at Strauss' own examination of Machiavelli. I focus on Machiavelli's strategic deployment of virt…
01:05:13 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Review: The Oldest Dead White European Males by Bernard Knox
In this episode I look again at the Sophists with a focus on their dedication to rhetoric, as described by classicist Bernard Knox in his collection of essays, The Oldest Dead White European Males.
00:44:35 |
Sat 29 Mar 2025
Review: Why Evolution is True by Jerry Coyne
In this episode I examine sexual selection and basic mating strategies, plus a look at the possibility of escaping the our evolutionarily acquired behaviors as described in Jerry Coyne's Why Evolutio…
01:14:31 |
Sat 29 Mar 2025
Review: The Philosophy of Aristotle by D. J. Allan
In this episode I review the basic elements of Aristotle's philosophy, discussing his conception of nature, the four causes, and the four elements. I also continue the discussion from the previous tw…
01:17:37 |
Sun 16 Mar 2025
Review: History of Political Philosophy (Aristotle) edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey
In this episode I review Aristotle's political and ethical premises with a focus on eudaimonia, arete, and the mixed regime, as described by Carnes Lord in Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey's essay coll…
01:04:34 |
Fri 07 Mar 2025
Review: Aristotle's Way by Edith Hall
In this episode I examine various forms of happiness, the difference between happiness and eudaimonia, and the basics of Aristotelian virtue ethics as described by Edith Hall in Aristotle's Way.
01:01:30 |
Sat 01 Mar 2025
Review: Industrial Policy for the United States by Marc Fasteau and Ian Fletcher
In this episode I cover Marc Fasteau and Ian Fletcher's new, massive, authoritative tome on industrial policy, Industrial Policy for the United States. I look particularly at the qualities of advanta…
01:15:58 |
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Review: The Death of the West by Pat Buchanan
In this episode I look at how birthrates and population prompt replacement migration, and how it all ties to feminism as described in another Pat Buchanan masterpiece, The Death of the West.
01:17:45 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Review: Men Among the Ruins by Julius Evola
In this episode I examine Evola's impression of the nation and it's constrast to the state, as well as his discussion of population and birth rates, as described in his primary political work, Men Am…
01:18:38 |
Sat 08 Feb 2025
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