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Articles


Legality, legitimacy, and Carl Schmitt | August 28, 1987 | ON APRIL 7, 1985, the death of Carl Schmitt, at age 97, brought to an end the longest and stormiest career in the history of political thought.
Nixon visited and revisited - Richard M. Nixon | July 14, 1989 | These questions coursed through my mind as I entered Richard Nixon's office for a visit in early January. He had invited me there after a brief correspondence, which began when I discovered from published comments that he thought highly of my book The Search for Historical Meaning. A work devoted to Hegel and historicism, it seemed a strange choice for a modern American career politician to read and relish. It was also the first subject he brought up during my visit.

Book Reviews


Slavery and human progress | March 8, 1985 |
Lionel Trilling and the fate of cultural criticism | July 3, 1987 |
Will Herberg: from right to rights | December 31, 1987 |
Dreams and Delusions | April 15, 1988 |
Political Order | May 1, 1988 |
The Survival of the Adversary Culture | June 10, 1988 |
Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture | January 27, 1989 |
The Federalist: Design for a Constitutional Republic | December 31, 1990 |

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