Gene Callahan
Gene Callahan has a PhD in political theory from Cardiff University. He is the author of Economics for Real People and Oakeshott on Rome and America, and has written shorter pieces for numerous academic and popular outlets.
Articles by Gene Callahan
Just What Is a Just Price?
That there is a just price at which an economic exchange should take place is a feature of classical philosophy and Christian and Islamic thought.
The Voice of Communities in the Conversation of Mankind
What might be gained by viewing Nisbet’s different forms of community as being in a conversation, rather than in a competition?
Gorgias: Plato’s Guide to Online Discussions
Socrates encounters many of the same rhetorical stunts that we run into on the Internet today.
The Times Can’t Tell Us What We Should Do
How do people maintain the illusion that “the times” are on their side?
Forbidden Questions
Whenever we see such an avoidance of questions like these, we are witnessing someone protecting an ideological dream world.
Against Ideological Art
Nevertheless, if someone of a conservative disposition wishes to produce excellent art that, in a certain sense, supports conservatism, the best thing they can do is to focus simply on…