Winter / Spring 2025
Editorials
Essays
Books
Current Issue
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Notes Toward the Definition of Kitsch
by Roger Kimball
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Religion and Empire, Inseparable
by Dominic Green
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Flannery at 100—and Forever
by Chilton Williamson, Jr.
Most Popular
John Kekes and Aurelian Craiutu ask what virtues make a society truly good.
There should be more schools like Cardinal Kung Academy.
J. D. Vance is right: charity begins at home.
Its supporters want to dismantle the West and return it to the “natives.”
James Mangold’s new biopic engages with the greats of Western literature.
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The Absence of a Culture of Shame
It’s much easier to ignore guilt than to face what we deserve.
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The Man Who Hated Austria
Thomas Bernhard’s splenetic style lives on in Michel Houllebecq and others.
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It’s Time to Get Rid of “Capitalism”
One of the most sorely abused words in the English language.
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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