Tag: political philosophy

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Author’s Note: This is essay reworks and extends a couple of essays published back in 2023 (here and here)

“All that is solid melts into air . . .”

The chief values of modern capitalist society are long life, freedom of choice, and the pursuit of comfort and security. But capitalist society is also characterized by technological and economic dynamism, which makes all social institutions, roles, and statuses fluid and fleeting. This leads to a pervasive and gnawing insecurity, both economic and social. (more…)

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Whenever I hear of a blatantly irresponsible and destructive policy—like “Defund the police”—I always ask myself, “What are they counting on?” By this I mean: “What are they counting on to avoid disaster/produce good results?” Since people respond to opportunities, and defunding the police will create more opportunities for crime, the predictable result is more crime. And more crime makes society worse not  better. (more…)

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 “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”—Yogi Berra

“We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.”—Plan 9 from Outer Space

Note: On September 14th, 2024, Greg Johnson spoke to the Institute for Historical Review on the question, “Will America Survive to 2040?” (more…)

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Francis Parker Yockey was born 107 years ago today, September 18, in Chicago. He died in San Francisco on June 16, 1960, an apparent suicide. Yockey is one of America’s greatest anti-liberal thinkers and an abiding influence on the North American New Right. In honor of his birthday, I wish to draw the reader’s attention to the following works on this site.

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Carl Schmitt, 1888–1985

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Carl Schmitt was born on July 11, 1888 in Plettenberg, Westphalia, Germany — where he died on April 7, 1985, at the age of 96. The son of a Roman Catholic small businessman, Carl Schmitt studied law in Berlin, Munich, and Strasbourg, graduating and taking his state exams in Strasbourg in 1915. In 1916, he earned his habilitation in Strasbourg, qualifying him to be a law professor. He taught at business schools and universities in Munich, Greifswald, Bonn, Berlin, and Cologne.

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Kristian Zahrtmann, Socrates and Alcibiades, 1911 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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Part 7 of 7 (Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, Part 4 here, Part 5 here, Part 6 here)

Having established that the true self is the soul and defended philosophical dialogue as the best path to self-knowledge, Socrates wraps up his argument.

Statesmanship & Moderation (more…)

Socrates

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English original here, French, Spanish

Część 8 (Rozdział 1, Rozdział 5, Rozdział 7)

Obecna wersja tego eseju to przemowa, którą wygłosiłem w Seattle 14.10.2012. Dziękuję wszystkim, którzy byli obecni, za inspirującą dyskusję. Pierwotną wersją tego eseju był wykład otwierający zajęcia ze „Wstępu do filozofii”, które prowadziłem dla studentów studiów licencjackich w latach 1990-tych.

Tytuł tego eseju jest poniekąd mylący, ponieważ zamierzam dowodzić, że filozofia ma znaczenie dla wszelkiej ludzkiej aktywności, nie tylko dla polityki. (more…)

Carl Schmitt, 1888–1985

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English original here, Estonian, French, Spanish

Część 7 (Rozdział 1, Rozdział 4, Rozdział 6)

„Czy możemy się po prostu dogadać?” – Rodney King

Krótka książka Carla Schmitta Pojęcie polityczności (1932) jest jednym z najważniejszych dzieł dwudziestowiecznej filozofii politycznej[1].

Głównym celem Pojęcia polityczności jest obrona polityki przed utopijnymi próbami jej porzucenia. Anty-polityczny utopizm zawiera wszystkie formy liberalizmu, jak również międzynarodowego socjalizmu, globalnego kapitalizmu, anarchizmu oraz pacyfizmu: w skrócie – wszystkie polityczne filozofie, których celem jest uniwersalny porządek, w którym porzucono wszelki konflikt. (more…)

Demosthenes

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English original here, see also French, German, Polish

Capítulo 1 aquí, Capítulo 16 aquí, Capítulo 18 aquí

¿Es la democracia un buen sistema desde una perspectiva Blanca racialmente consciente?

1. Cuando tanto los Estados Unidos como Corea del Norte se definen a sí mismos como democracias, es seguro concluir que “democracia” significa casi todo y prácticamente nada. Para mi tesis, definiré democracia como la idea de que el poder de tomar decisiones políticas debería residir en los “muchos”. (more…)

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If the current regime disappeared, and I were given a free hand to create an ethnostate, this is what I would do. I am going to focus simply on policies and institutions, not practical questions about how we would gain and keep the power to implement them.

1. First and foremost, I would declare that America is the homeland of the American people, a people of European stock. (more…)

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Georges Eugène Sorel was born 176 years ago today, and died at the age of 74. Born in Normandy and educated in Paris, Sorel was an engineer by training who took an early retirement to devote himself to philosophy and politics. Although conservative by temperament (he defended the patriarchal family and martial virtues), Sorel became a Marxist, albeit an increasingly heterodox one, and a revolutionary syndicalist. (more…)

Frank Herbert. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia  Commons

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This talk was delivered on Sunday, October 8th, at a Counter-Currents gathering in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I want to thank everyone who helped organize the event and everyone who came out to attend. I love Texas and am frankly puzzled by its one-star rating.

It is just a coincidence that today’s gathering falls on the birthday of Frank Herbert, the author of Dune, which is the best-selling and most influential science fiction book of all time. Without Dune, there would be no Star Wars. Without Dune, there would be no Warhammer 40K. (more…)

Socrates

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English original here, Traducciones: Francés, Polaco

Capítulo 1 aquí, Capítulo 5 aquí

La más reciente reproducción de este ensayo fue una charla el 14 de octubre de 2012 en Seattle. Quiero dar las gracias por la estimulante discusión a todos los que estuvieron presentes. La presentación original tuvo lugar en mi lección de apertura de las clases sobre Introducción a la Filosofía que daba en la década de 1990 en la universidad. (more…)