The Roots of American Order

Description

cited in Return to Order ch. 15 re: how order (and thus also beauty) is a basic human need

entire §§ devoted to Orestes Brownson

mentions St. Thomas Aquinas a few dozen ×

What holds America together? In this classic work, Russell Kirk describes the beliefs and institutions that have nurtured the American soul and commonwealth. Beginning with the Hebrew prophets, Kirk examines in dramatic fashion the sources of American order. His analytical narrative might be called "a tale of five cities": Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and Philadelphia. For an understanding of the significance of America at the dawn of a new century, Russell Kirk's masterpiece on the history of American civilization is unsurpassable. This edition includes a new foreword by the distinguished.