Russell Kirk was one of the principal founders of the modern conservative movement and one of the twentieth century’s foremost men of letters. He was the founding editor of Modern Age.
Without it, man is “a naked ape”—and prey to the diabolic imagination.
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Edmund Burke, Samuel Johnson, and Adam Smith illuminate one another’s genius.
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The story of Modern Age: encounters with Flannery O’Connor, Leo Strauss, and the utopian designs of Moral Rearmament.
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A timeless (and timely!) reflection on foundational conservative principles from the great Russell Kirk, founding editor of Modern Age
Founded in 1957 by Russell Kirk and Henry Regnery, Modern Age is a journal of conservative thought and a magazine devoted to culture, history, philosophy, and the ideas behind the great currents of modern life. Follow us on X @ModAgeJournal
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