Patrick J. Deneen

Patrick J. Deneen
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Patrick J. Deneen teaches political theory at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of several books, most recently Why Liberalism Failed.

Recent Essays

Against Great Books

I make available, below, the text of a lecture I delivered in November, 2011, at University of Texas at Austin. My thanks to the...

Katniss Everdeen, Localist

A mysterious author by the name of "J," a writer at the suspiciously derivatively-titled website "Back Porch Republic," has posted a thoughtful and provocative...

Birzer Against the Machine

Don't miss Brad Birzer's superbly thoughtful essay "Christian Humanists Challenge the Machine." He provides a lucid historical and philosophical roadmap tracing the anti-humanism...

In the National Cathedral

On Sunday I was the invited speaker at the magnificent National Cathedral in a series devoted to the exploration of political themes. The...

Our Libertarian Future

I was invited by the good people at "Minding the Campus" to write a response to the recently released 2011 American Freshman Survey. ...

Religious Liberty?

Alexandria, VA.  Vast and even incalculable quantities of ink have already been spilled over the issue of the HHS mandate that religious organizations purchase...

Gas Bag

George Will has penned an end-of-year pick-me-up for conservatives, counseling them that the likely prospect of Republican Presidential electoral defeat in November (given their...

Just Don’t Say God

In this season of the "holidays," it was announced several days ago that Fairfax County schools would be permitted to install video surveillance cameras...

Defending Distributism

Until one of us finds the time to slap down Joe Carter's attack on distributism (as Rod Dreher called upon us to do), I'll...

A Newer Atlantis

I received the latest issue of the essential journal The New Atlantis yesterday, and was honored once again to appear in its pages. ...

Back to Texas

I will be lecturing tomorrow, Thursday, November 17 at the University of Texas at Austin. My lecture is entitled "Why Great Books?" and...

Rousseau on Economics

"If what you wish is merely to make a great splash, to be impressive and formidable, to influence other peoples of Europe, you have...