Summer 1957
- A Dialogue with La Mettrie by John Logan
- History, Toynbee, and the Modern Mind by Frederick D. Wilhelmsen
- Seascape Remembered by Henry Rago
- Three Poems from Delta Return by Charles G. Bell
- Titoism by Slobodan M. Draskovich
Editorials
Essays
- American Republic or American Empire by Felix Morley
- Life Without Prejudice by Richard M. Weaver
Modern Letters
- Aron’s L’Opium Des Intellectuels by Rudolf Allers
- Books on the Schools by William McCann
- Immortal Mr. Dooley by Francis Russell
- Niebuhr’s The Self and the Dramas of History by Ludwig Freund
- Notes on Contributors by Editors
- The Great Books by Geoffrey Wagner
- The Treason of the Clerks by Russell Kirk
- What Modern Age Needs by Editors
Notes from Abroad
- Europe and German Unity by Béla Menczer
- Recuperating Spain by Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
- Three Words on America by J. M. Reid
Story
- Spicatto by Galway Kinnell
- The Devil and Tobacco by Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Edwin Mc Clellan
The Achievement of Ortega y Gasset
- Editor’s Note by Editors
- Jose Ortega y Gasset by Julian Marias
- Morbid Democracy by Jose Ortega Y Gasset and Anthony Kerrigan
- Pedagogy and Anachronism by Jose Ortega Y Gasset and Anthony Kerrigan
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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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