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: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
In this episode, we explore Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow, in which he explains his research in the two modes of thought: System 1, the fast, intuitive, unconscious thought of associations…
00:53:39 |
Sun 12 Jan 2020
Review: The Origins of Virtue by Matt Ridley
In this episode I look at Matt Ridley's The Origins of Virtue. In particular I look at the prisoner's dilemna and potential strategies to achieve cooperation and reciprocity among evolving selfish ge…
00:41:07 |
Mon 23 Dec 2019
Review: The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins' best-selling book, The Selfish Gene, examines the fundamental nature of the replicating gene in a competitive environment, and all of the consequences thereof. I look specifically at…
00:45:58 |
Sun 08 Dec 2019
Review: Suicide by Emile Durkheim
In Suicide, Emile Durkheim explores the sociological factors that lead a society toward greater or lesser rates of suicide. I specifically explore his analysis of egoistic suicide, or suicide driven …
01:04:02 |
Sat 30 Nov 2019
Review: After the Flight 93 Election by Micheal Anton
In this episode I look at Michael Anton's After the Flight 93 Election, a discussion of the danger, both to conservatism and the nation as a whole, posed by the post 1960s left. Anton's famous essay …
01:12:41 |
Sun 24 Nov 2019
Review: Bronze Age Mindset by Bronze Age Pervert
In this episode I explore Bronze Age Mindset, the independently produced exhoration that calls for a renewed dedication to the pursuit of vitality, beauty, and excellence in our ugly modern bug world…
00:56:37 |
Mon 18 Nov 2019
Review: Myths to Live By by Joseph Campbell
In this episode I look at the functions of myth and ritual, and the challenge that is posed by science to the enduring viability of mythology. I also look at the premise of the Jungian archetype. Thi…
01:40:53 |
Mon 14 Oct 2019
Review: The Greeks by H. D. F. Kitto
In this episode I look at the concepts of wholeness and arate (excellence) as envisioned by the ancient Greeks, through H. D. F. Kitto's superb overview, The Greeks. I look at the polis and how it im…
01:21:02 |
Sat 28 Sep 2019
Review: The Right Side of History by Ben Shapiro
In this episode I examine Ben Shapiro's theory of Athens and Jerusalem as the twin roots of Western civilization, as presented in The Right Side of History. I look at his prerequisites for a flourish…
01:04:06 |
Sun 22 Sep 2019
Review: A Handbook for Right-Wing Youth by Julius Evola
In this episode I look an array of Julius Evola's essays collected after his death into A Handbook for Right-Wing Youth. I explore the need to have a positive doctrine as opposed to a negative critiq…
01:06:14 |
Mon 09 Sep 2019
Review: The Fourth Political Theory by Alexander Dugin
In this episode, I look at Russian philosopher and geopolitical strategist Alexander Dugin's vision of a new political order to replace both liberalism and its natural culmination, post-liberalism. I…
01:15:28 |
Wed 28 Aug 2019
Review: Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick Deneen
In this episode, we look at Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick Deneen. In particular, we examine Deneen's claim that fundamental to liberalism is a rejection of the constraints imposed upon us by natur…
01:16:05 |
Sat 10 Aug 2019
Review: The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony
In 'The Virtue of Nationalism' Yoram Hazony describes the benefits of a political order based on a multiplicity of nation-states. This order is compared to the state of anarchy and the imperial drive…
01:00:01 |
Fri 09 Aug 2019
Review: The Paleoconservatives by Joseph Scotchie
Edited by Joseph Scotchie, The Paleoconservatives: A New Voice for the Old Right is a collection of essays that explores many aspects of paleoconservatism, as envisioned by writers from both the old …
01:33:25 |
Wed 07 Aug 2019
Review: America First! by Bill Kauffman
In this episode we look deeper into the political environment of the first half of the 20th century, from the populist movement to the start of the Cold War, through Bill Kauffman's book, America Fir…
01:14:21 |
Tue 30 Jul 2019
Review: Ship of Fools by Tucker Carlson
In this episode I explore Tucker Carlson's best-selling book, 'Ship of Fools.' Carlson lays out the case that the American elites have been completely derelict in their management of the nation. I pa…
00:45:11 |
Tue 09 Jul 2019
Review: Reclaiming the American Right by Justin Raimondo
In this episode I look toward the thinkers of the pre-WWII American right wing, commonly referred to as the Old Right, and the usurpation of the conservative movement by successive waves of neoconser…
00:47:50 |
Mon 08 Jul 2019
Review: In Defense of Freedom by Frank Meyer
In this episode I look at the origins of the concept of fusionism, from which neofusionism takes its cue. In 'In Defense of Freedom and Related Essays' Frank Meyer lays out the 1960s fusionist vision…
00:57:10 |
Mon 08 Jul 2019
Review: In Defense of Tradition by Richard Weaver
In this episode I dive into Richard Weaver's vast array of essays contained in the collection 'In Defense of Tradition.' Weaver covers such topics as dialectic vs rhetoric, the existence of human nat…
01:23:27 |
Mon 08 Jul 2019
Review: Being and Time by Martin Heidegger
In this episode I examine the fundamental principles of Heidegger's existentialism, seeking the ways in which he describes Being from the experiential perspective of dasein, or the human being. This …
00:55:28 |
Sun 07 Jul 2019
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