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: Pragmatic Naturalism by S. Morris Eames
In this episode I return to the topic of the philosophical pragmatism of William James, John Dewey and others with a review of Pragmatic Naturalism, an Introduction by S. Morris Eames, with a special…
01:10:34 |
Mon 05 Sep 2022
Review: Early Greek Philosophy by John Burnet
In this episode I look at the pre-Socratic philosopher Parmenides, the goddess Ananke, the biases of scholars, mythology, and determinism in John Burnet's Early Greek Philosophy.
01:19:04 |
Sat 09 Jul 2022
Review: Heraclitus by Philip Wheelwright
In this episode I examine Philip Wheelwright's Heraclitus, in particular the study of Heraclitus as a pluralist opposed to the monism of Parmenides.
00:52:46 |
Sun 22 May 2022
Review: The Beginning of Western Philosophy by Martin Heidegger
In this episode I look at the beginning of the question of Being in Martin Heidegger's The Beginning of Western Philosophy. I spend the most time in the middle section of the book, which provides a c…
01:19:59 |
Sun 01 May 2022
Review: Elements of Pantheism by Paul Harrison
In this episode I review and respond to Elements of Pantheism by Paul Harrison. I include my comments and questions regarding Reality, Matter, the Universe, Nature, and Justice.
00:45:28 |
Sat 16 Apr 2022
Review: Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks by Friedrich Nietzsche
In this episode I look at Nietzsche's early examination of the Pre-Socratic philosophers, with a focus on Anaximander, Heraclitus, and Parmenides. The concepts of being and becoming, and the differen…
00:57:28 |
Mon 11 Apr 2022
Review: Religion of the Greeks and Romans by Karl Kerenyi
In this episode I examine Ancient Greek concepts such as aidos, sebas, eulabeia, nomos, and themis through Kerenyi's ground-breaking Religion of the Greeks and Romans. I also examine the ancient acce…
01:30:09 |
Mon 04 Apr 2022
Review: Greek Religion by Walter Burkert
In this episode I examine some of the qualities of polytheism, with a particular focus on Athena as presented by Walter Burkert in his classic treatise, Greek Religion.
01:07:31 |
Tue 15 Mar 2022
Review: Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia
In this episode I look at Camille Paglia's Sexual Personae, in particular her deep dive into Apollo and Dionysus as archetypal social drives.
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01:06:39 |
Mon 07 Dec 2020
Review: The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche
In this episode, I look at Nietzsche's first book, The Birth of Tragedy. I take care to examine his impressions of Apollo and Dionysus as potentially political archetypes of social, aesthetic, behavi…
00:52:07 |
Sun 06 Dec 2020
Review: The Basic Writings of Carl Jung edited by Violet Staub De Laszlo
In this episode I look at the most fundamental components of the Basic Writings of Carl Jung including empiricism, the unconscious especially the collective unconscious, and the archetype.
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01:39:09 |
Fri 04 Dec 2020
Review: Modern Man in Search of a Soul by Carl Jung
In this episode I look at Carl Jung's Modern Man in Search of a Soul, where Jung details the relationship of the unconscious and the psyche to religion. I talk about the evolution of the collective u…
00:45:16 |
Sat 04 Jul 2020
Review: On Being a Pagan by Alain de Benoist
In this episode, I look at Alain de Benoist's On Being a Pagan. De Benoist makes a comprehensive comparison between paganism and Christianity, and I focus in the value comparisons that echo Nietzsche…
00:56:38 |
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Review: Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart
In this episode I look at Larry Arnhart's Darwinian Conservatism, a great book that explores many of the same themes I've been spotlighting elsewhere, but all in one spot and finally putting the tail…
00:51:43 |
Fri 26 Jun 2020
Review: Suicide of the West by James Burnham
In this episode, I explore James Burnham description of liberalism as an ideology founded on an unsound notion of the pliability of human nature. I also look at his notion of guilt as the driving emo…
01:10:55 |
Sun 07 Jun 2020
Review: What is Conservatism by Frank Meyer
In this episode I look at What is Conservatism, Frank Meyer's collection of essays by mid-20th century conservative thinkers. The essays I focus on give a deeper analysis of the ways in which the sta…
01:28:27 |
Mon 25 May 2020
Review: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
In this episode I explore Viktor Frankl's moving exploration into the meaning of life, Man's Search for Meaning. I focus on virtuous behavior in the face of suffering, the importance of having tasks …
00:56:29 |
Mon 11 May 2020
Review: The Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche
In this episode I explore the 'master' and 'slave' morality proposed by Friedrich Nietzsche in The Genealogy of Morals, with a particular focus of how the master morality may relate to Aristotle and …
01:10:04 |
Mon 23 Mar 2020
Review: The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
In this episode I explore Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. I look at eudaimonia and the mean between defect and excess in virtuous behavior. I also examine Aristotle's work on courage and pride, two n…
01:33:33 |
Tue 11 Feb 2020
Review: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
In this episode I continue the exploration of the evolutionary roots of morality with Jonathan Haidt's fantastic book, The Righteous Mind. In this book, Haidt delivers the killing blow to the rationa…
01:19:13 |
Sun 26 Jan 2020
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