18  Against the Grain: Three New Books Challenge Accepted Wisdom

 

Sources

In Praise of Hierarchy (Wall Street Journal)

The Great and the Good (Wall Street Journal)

A Radical Critique of Modernity in ‘Why Liberalism Failed’ (Wall Street Journal)

Is Civilization Overrated? On a Bit of Rousseauvian Nonsense Taken Up by the Modern Academy
   (The New Criterion)

Paleo Politics: What Made Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers Give Up Freedom for Civilization?
   (The New Republic)