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: History of Political Philosophy (Hobbes) edited by Joseph Cropsey and Leo Strauss
In this episode I examine one of the many essays in Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey's massive History of Political Philosophy 3rd Edition, detailing the thoughts of Thomas Hobbes. This essay by Lauren…
00:59:34 |
Mon 26 Feb 2024
Review: Trade Wars Against America by WIlliam Gill
In this episode I revisit the history of trade policy in America, with Gill's book Trade Wars Against America. I look especially at the 2nd half of the 19th Century and Woodrow Wilson.
00:53:15 |
Wed 07 Feb 2024
Review: Pragmatism: A Reader (Part 2) edited by Louis Menand
In this episode I revisit Louis Menand's collection of Pragmatist writings, Pragmatism: A Reader, with an eye toward the more recent writers. I discuss Richard Rorty's Postmodernist Bourgeois Liberal…
00:50:25 |
Sat 27 Jan 2024
Review: Pragmatism: A Reader (Part 1) edited by Louis Menand
In this episode I look at some of the early pragmatist writings, in particular The Will to Believe by William James, and The Ethics of Democracy by John Dewey. This episode is the first of a two part…
01:33:58 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
Review: The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
In this episode I look at the evolutionary exposition of Richard Dawkins in his classic The Blind Watchmaker, with a closer look at how DNA replicates and evolves.
00:33:54 |
Sat 20 Jan 2024
Review: The Essential William James edited by John R. Shook
In this episode I look at a few of William James' early essays What Is an Emotion? and The Function of Cognition, and I make a particular examination of his essay The Dilemma of Determinism.
01:16:14 |
Fri 12 Jan 2024
Review: The Creation by P. W. Atkins
In this episode I examine the deterministic vision of the nature of the universe as described by P. W. Atkins in The Creation.
00:53:07 |
Sun 07 Jan 2024
Review: Essays on a Science of Mythology by C. G. Jung and C. Kerenyi
In this episode I explore the myth of the divine child, viewed through both historical myths and the archetypes of the collective unconscious, in the collaborative book by both Carl Jung and Carl Ker…
01:07:31 |
Wed 27 Dec 2023
Review: Patriarchs of Time by Samuel L. Macey
In this episode I look at the ancient Roman god of Saturn and the festival of Saturnalia, as described in Samuel Macey's Patriarchs of Time.
01:02:23 |
Sat 23 Dec 2023
Review: The Cry for Myth by Rollo May
In this episode I explore the lack of myth in our modern world, as described by Rollo May in The Cry for Myth.
00:49:20 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
Review: The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
In this episode I look at The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell, with a particular emphasis on his definitions of myth, archetype, metaphor, and transcendence.
00:58:17 |
Mon 11 Dec 2023
Review: Free Trade Doesn't Work by Ian Fletcher
In this episode I look at the phenomenal book Free Trade Doesn't Work by Ian Fletcher. I focus on Fletcher's overview of trade deficits and his explanation of the theory of comparative advantage.
01:04:32 |
Sat 09 Dec 2023
Review: The National System of Political Economy by Friedrich List
In this episode I look at one of the most important of protectionist treatises, The National System of Political Economy by Friedrich List, with a particular focus on Book 2: The Theory.
00:54:18 |
Wed 29 Nov 2023
Review: The Nature of Economies by Jane Jacobs
In this episode, I look at the connections between ecosystems and economies, as described by Jane Jacobs in The Nature of Economies.
00:48:52 |
Sat 18 Nov 2023
Review: Henry Clay and the American System by Maurice Baxter
In this episode I look at Henry Clay's attempts to get tariff legislation passed in the early 19th Century, in Maurice Baxter's Henry Clay and they American System.
00:40:51 |
Tue 14 Nov 2023
Review: Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
In this episode I look at the basic premise of economic theory as presented by Henry Hazlitt in his classic Economics in One Lesson. I look closely at his discussion of tariffs, and provide a counter…
01:15:52 |
Sat 11 Nov 2023
Review: The Great Betrayal by Pat Buchanan
In this episode I examine the case for protectionism and against free trade, as described by Pat Buchanan in his book The Great Betrayal.
00:57:06 |
Tue 31 Oct 2023
Review: The Republican Workers Party by F. H. Buckley
In this episode I look at several types of American Nationalism as described by F. H. Buckley in his book The Republican Workers Party. I argue against his position on Liberal Nationalism.
00:43:16 |
Sun 22 Oct 2023
Review: The Will to Believe by William James
In this episode I examine the essay 'The Sentiment of Rationality' from William James' collection of essays, The Will to Believe. This essay shows the early signs of James' Pragmatism.
01:04:34 |
Thu 14 Sep 2023
Review: Pragmatism: From Peirce to Davidson by John P. Murphy
In this episode I look at the origins of philosophical Pragmatism in John Muphy's Pragmatism. I look especially at Charles Peirce and his ideas about doubt and truth.
01:05:22 |
Sat 09 Sep 2023
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