Tag: Christianity

Books

René Girard, la violence et le sacré

– "René Girard, la violence et le sacré." Review of La violence et le sacré, by René Girard. Contrepoint no. 14 (1974): 157-70. Partially excerpted in Esprit 3, no. 28 (April 1979): 44-45.

La crise de l’Église

– "La crise de l'Église." Review of La confusion des langues, by Alain Besançon. Commentaire no. 4 (Winter 1978/79): 585-90.

Quelques remarques sur la notion de sécularisation

– "Quelques remarques sur la notion de sécularisation." In The French Revolution and the Creation of Modern Political Culture, vol. 3, The Transformation of Political Culture 1789-1848, 351-7. Edited by François Furet and Mona Ozouf. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1987-9.

An Intellectual History of Liberalism

An Intellectual History of Liberalism. Translated by Rebecca Balinski, with a foreword by Jerrold Siegel. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. Originally published as Histoire intellectuelle du liberalisme: Dix leçons (Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1987). Published in Brazilian as História intelectual do liberalismo: dez liçoes (Rio de Janeiro: Imago, 1990). Published in Polish as Intelektualna historia liberalizmu, trans. Marian Miszalski (Lódz: Kurs, 1990; Krakow: Arcana, 1994). Published in Italian as Storia intellettuale del liberalismo, trans. L. Caracciolo di San Vito (Rubbettino, 2010).
Highlighting the social tensions that confront the liberal tradition, Pierre Manent draws a portrait of what we, citizens of modern liberal democracies, have become. For Manent, a… More

La raison et les dieux

– "La raison et les dieux." Review of La Rationalité des valeurs, ed. Sylvie Mesure. Commentaire no. 82 (Spring 1998): 555-7.

Modern Liberty and Its Discontents

Modern Liberty and Its Discontents. Edited and translated by Daniel J. Mahoney and Paul Seaton. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield, 1998.
In this book, distinguished French philosopher Pierre Manent addresses a wide range of subjects, including the Machiavellian origins of modernity, Tocqueville’s analysis of democracy,… More

Christianity and Democracy (Parts I & II)

– "Christianity and Democracy (Parts I & II)." Chaps. 12 and 13 of A Free Society Reader: Principles for the New Millennium, edited by Michael Novak, William Brailsford, and Cornelis Heesters. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2000.

Conversion

– "Conversion." Commentaire no. 121 (2008): 61 ff.

Libéral et catholique

– "Libéral et catholique." In Penser le monde moderne: Le bon grain et l'ivraie?, 7-12. Edited by Philippe Bénéton and Marie-Jeanne Seppey. Paris: Cujas, 2009.

Le regard politique

Le regard politique. Entretiens avec Bénédicte Delorme-Montini. Collection "Essais." Paris: Flammarion, 2010.
“Aujourd’hui, la faculté humaine qui reçoit toute l’approbation, c’est l’imagination. Or je n’ai pas d’imagination, je ne suis pas un artiste et… More

Conversion

– "Conversion." Translated by Gladden J. Pappin. Modern Age 53, no. 3 (Summer 2011): 81-3. Originally published in Commentaire 31, no. 121 (2008).

Political History and Political Philosophy: Making Sense of the West

– "Political History and Political Philosophy: Making Sense of the West." Perspectives on Political Science 41, no. 2 (2012): 100-5.
The old Western synthesis, the coming together of self-government, the Christian proposition, modern equality, and the commitment to relieving man’s estate, appears to be unraveling. In… More

Between Athens and Jerusalem

– "Between Athens and Jerusalem." First Things (February 2012): 35-39.
Manent discusses the theological-political problem.

Human Unity Real and Imagined

– "Human Unity Real and Imagined." First Things (October 2012): 47-52. Also published as "L'Église entre l'humanité réelle et l'humanité rêvée" (text in English), chap. 9 in The Global Quest for "Tranquillitas Ordinis": "Pacem in Terris", Fifty Years Later, ed. Mary Ann Glendon, Russell Hittinger, and Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo (Vatican City: Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, 2013), 109-18.

Metamorphoses of the City: On the Western Dynamic

Metamorphoses of the City: On the Western Dynamic. Translated by Marc LePain. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2013. Originally published as Les métamorphoses de la cité (Paris: Flammarion, 2010). Published in Italian as Le metamorfosi della città: Saggio sulla dinamica dell'Occidente, trans. Giulio Di Ligio (Rubbettino, 2014).
What is the best way to govern ourselves? The history of the West has been shaped by the struggle to answer this question, according to Pierre Manent. A major achievement by one of… More

Essays

René Girard, la violence et le sacré

– "René Girard, la violence et le sacré." Review of La violence et le sacré, by René Girard. Contrepoint no. 14 (1974): 157-70. Partially excerpted in Esprit 3, no. 28 (April 1979): 44-45.

La crise de l’Église

– "La crise de l'Église." Review of La confusion des langues, by Alain Besançon. Commentaire no. 4 (Winter 1978/79): 585-90.

Quelques remarques sur la notion de sécularisation

– "Quelques remarques sur la notion de sécularisation." In The French Revolution and the Creation of Modern Political Culture, vol. 3, The Transformation of Political Culture 1789-1848, 351-7. Edited by François Furet and Mona Ozouf. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1987-9.

An Intellectual History of Liberalism

An Intellectual History of Liberalism. Translated by Rebecca Balinski, with a foreword by Jerrold Siegel. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. Originally published as Histoire intellectuelle du liberalisme: Dix leçons (Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1987). Published in Brazilian as História intelectual do liberalismo: dez liçoes (Rio de Janeiro: Imago, 1990). Published in Polish as Intelektualna historia liberalizmu, trans. Marian Miszalski (Lódz: Kurs, 1990; Krakow: Arcana, 1994). Published in Italian as Storia intellettuale del liberalismo, trans. L. Caracciolo di San Vito (Rubbettino, 2010).
Highlighting the social tensions that confront the liberal tradition, Pierre Manent draws a portrait of what we, citizens of modern liberal democracies, have become. For Manent, a… More

La raison et les dieux

– "La raison et les dieux." Review of La Rationalité des valeurs, ed. Sylvie Mesure. Commentaire no. 82 (Spring 1998): 555-7.

Modern Liberty and Its Discontents

Modern Liberty and Its Discontents. Edited and translated by Daniel J. Mahoney and Paul Seaton. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield, 1998.
In this book, distinguished French philosopher Pierre Manent addresses a wide range of subjects, including the Machiavellian origins of modernity, Tocqueville’s analysis of democracy,… More

Christianity and Democracy (Parts I & II)

– "Christianity and Democracy (Parts I & II)." Chaps. 12 and 13 of A Free Society Reader: Principles for the New Millennium, edited by Michael Novak, William Brailsford, and Cornelis Heesters. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2000.

Conversion

– "Conversion." Commentaire no. 121 (2008): 61 ff.

Libéral et catholique

– "Libéral et catholique." In Penser le monde moderne: Le bon grain et l'ivraie?, 7-12. Edited by Philippe Bénéton and Marie-Jeanne Seppey. Paris: Cujas, 2009.

Le regard politique

Le regard politique. Entretiens avec Bénédicte Delorme-Montini. Collection "Essais." Paris: Flammarion, 2010.
“Aujourd’hui, la faculté humaine qui reçoit toute l’approbation, c’est l’imagination. Or je n’ai pas d’imagination, je ne suis pas un artiste et… More

Conversion

– "Conversion." Translated by Gladden J. Pappin. Modern Age 53, no. 3 (Summer 2011): 81-3. Originally published in Commentaire 31, no. 121 (2008).

Political History and Political Philosophy: Making Sense of the West

– "Political History and Political Philosophy: Making Sense of the West." Perspectives on Political Science 41, no. 2 (2012): 100-5.
The old Western synthesis, the coming together of self-government, the Christian proposition, modern equality, and the commitment to relieving man’s estate, appears to be unraveling. In… More

Between Athens and Jerusalem

– "Between Athens and Jerusalem." First Things (February 2012): 35-39.
Manent discusses the theological-political problem.

Human Unity Real and Imagined

– "Human Unity Real and Imagined." First Things (October 2012): 47-52. Also published as "L'Église entre l'humanité réelle et l'humanité rêvée" (text in English), chap. 9 in The Global Quest for "Tranquillitas Ordinis": "Pacem in Terris", Fifty Years Later, ed. Mary Ann Glendon, Russell Hittinger, and Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo (Vatican City: Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, 2013), 109-18.

Metamorphoses of the City: On the Western Dynamic

Metamorphoses of the City: On the Western Dynamic. Translated by Marc LePain. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2013. Originally published as Les métamorphoses de la cité (Paris: Flammarion, 2010). Published in Italian as Le metamorfosi della città: Saggio sulla dinamica dell'Occidente, trans. Giulio Di Ligio (Rubbettino, 2014).
What is the best way to govern ourselves? The history of the West has been shaped by the struggle to answer this question, according to Pierre Manent. A major achievement by one of… More

Commentary

René Girard, la violence et le sacré

– "René Girard, la violence et le sacré." Review of La violence et le sacré, by René Girard. Contrepoint no. 14 (1974): 157-70. Partially excerpted in Esprit 3, no. 28 (April 1979): 44-45.

La crise de l’Église

– "La crise de l'Église." Review of La confusion des langues, by Alain Besançon. Commentaire no. 4 (Winter 1978/79): 585-90.

Quelques remarques sur la notion de sécularisation

– "Quelques remarques sur la notion de sécularisation." In The French Revolution and the Creation of Modern Political Culture, vol. 3, The Transformation of Political Culture 1789-1848, 351-7. Edited by François Furet and Mona Ozouf. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1987-9.

An Intellectual History of Liberalism

An Intellectual History of Liberalism. Translated by Rebecca Balinski, with a foreword by Jerrold Siegel. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. Originally published as Histoire intellectuelle du liberalisme: Dix leçons (Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1987). Published in Brazilian as História intelectual do liberalismo: dez liçoes (Rio de Janeiro: Imago, 1990). Published in Polish as Intelektualna historia liberalizmu, trans. Marian Miszalski (Lódz: Kurs, 1990; Krakow: Arcana, 1994). Published in Italian as Storia intellettuale del liberalismo, trans. L. Caracciolo di San Vito (Rubbettino, 2010).
Highlighting the social tensions that confront the liberal tradition, Pierre Manent draws a portrait of what we, citizens of modern liberal democracies, have become. For Manent, a… More

La raison et les dieux

– "La raison et les dieux." Review of La Rationalité des valeurs, ed. Sylvie Mesure. Commentaire no. 82 (Spring 1998): 555-7.

Modern Liberty and Its Discontents

Modern Liberty and Its Discontents. Edited and translated by Daniel J. Mahoney and Paul Seaton. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield, 1998.
In this book, distinguished French philosopher Pierre Manent addresses a wide range of subjects, including the Machiavellian origins of modernity, Tocqueville’s analysis of democracy,… More

Christianity and Democracy (Parts I & II)

– "Christianity and Democracy (Parts I & II)." Chaps. 12 and 13 of A Free Society Reader: Principles for the New Millennium, edited by Michael Novak, William Brailsford, and Cornelis Heesters. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2000.

Conversion

– "Conversion." Commentaire no. 121 (2008): 61 ff.

Libéral et catholique

– "Libéral et catholique." In Penser le monde moderne: Le bon grain et l'ivraie?, 7-12. Edited by Philippe Bénéton and Marie-Jeanne Seppey. Paris: Cujas, 2009.

Le regard politique

Le regard politique. Entretiens avec Bénédicte Delorme-Montini. Collection "Essais." Paris: Flammarion, 2010.
“Aujourd’hui, la faculté humaine qui reçoit toute l’approbation, c’est l’imagination. Or je n’ai pas d’imagination, je ne suis pas un artiste et… More

Conversion

– "Conversion." Translated by Gladden J. Pappin. Modern Age 53, no. 3 (Summer 2011): 81-3. Originally published in Commentaire 31, no. 121 (2008).

Political History and Political Philosophy: Making Sense of the West

– "Political History and Political Philosophy: Making Sense of the West." Perspectives on Political Science 41, no. 2 (2012): 100-5.
The old Western synthesis, the coming together of self-government, the Christian proposition, modern equality, and the commitment to relieving man’s estate, appears to be unraveling. In… More

Between Athens and Jerusalem

– "Between Athens and Jerusalem." First Things (February 2012): 35-39.
Manent discusses the theological-political problem.

Human Unity Real and Imagined

– "Human Unity Real and Imagined." First Things (October 2012): 47-52. Also published as "L'Église entre l'humanité réelle et l'humanité rêvée" (text in English), chap. 9 in The Global Quest for "Tranquillitas Ordinis": "Pacem in Terris", Fifty Years Later, ed. Mary Ann Glendon, Russell Hittinger, and Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo (Vatican City: Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, 2013), 109-18.

Metamorphoses of the City: On the Western Dynamic

Metamorphoses of the City: On the Western Dynamic. Translated by Marc LePain. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2013. Originally published as Les métamorphoses de la cité (Paris: Flammarion, 2010). Published in Italian as Le metamorfosi della città: Saggio sulla dinamica dell'Occidente, trans. Giulio Di Ligio (Rubbettino, 2014).
What is the best way to govern ourselves? The history of the West has been shaped by the struggle to answer this question, according to Pierre Manent. A major achievement by one of… More

Multimedia

René Girard, la violence et le sacré

– "René Girard, la violence et le sacré." Review of La violence et le sacré, by René Girard. Contrepoint no. 14 (1974): 157-70. Partially excerpted in Esprit 3, no. 28 (April 1979): 44-45.

La crise de l’Église

– "La crise de l'Église." Review of La confusion des langues, by Alain Besançon. Commentaire no. 4 (Winter 1978/79): 585-90.

Quelques remarques sur la notion de sécularisation

– "Quelques remarques sur la notion de sécularisation." In The French Revolution and the Creation of Modern Political Culture, vol. 3, The Transformation of Political Culture 1789-1848, 351-7. Edited by François Furet and Mona Ozouf. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1987-9.

An Intellectual History of Liberalism

An Intellectual History of Liberalism. Translated by Rebecca Balinski, with a foreword by Jerrold Siegel. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. Originally published as Histoire intellectuelle du liberalisme: Dix leçons (Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1987). Published in Brazilian as História intelectual do liberalismo: dez liçoes (Rio de Janeiro: Imago, 1990). Published in Polish as Intelektualna historia liberalizmu, trans. Marian Miszalski (Lódz: Kurs, 1990; Krakow: Arcana, 1994). Published in Italian as Storia intellettuale del liberalismo, trans. L. Caracciolo di San Vito (Rubbettino, 2010).
Highlighting the social tensions that confront the liberal tradition, Pierre Manent draws a portrait of what we, citizens of modern liberal democracies, have become. For Manent, a… More

La raison et les dieux

– "La raison et les dieux." Review of La Rationalité des valeurs, ed. Sylvie Mesure. Commentaire no. 82 (Spring 1998): 555-7.

Modern Liberty and Its Discontents

Modern Liberty and Its Discontents. Edited and translated by Daniel J. Mahoney and Paul Seaton. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield, 1998.
In this book, distinguished French philosopher Pierre Manent addresses a wide range of subjects, including the Machiavellian origins of modernity, Tocqueville’s analysis of democracy,… More

Christianity and Democracy (Parts I & II)

– "Christianity and Democracy (Parts I & II)." Chaps. 12 and 13 of A Free Society Reader: Principles for the New Millennium, edited by Michael Novak, William Brailsford, and Cornelis Heesters. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2000.

Conversion

– "Conversion." Commentaire no. 121 (2008): 61 ff.

Libéral et catholique

– "Libéral et catholique." In Penser le monde moderne: Le bon grain et l'ivraie?, 7-12. Edited by Philippe Bénéton and Marie-Jeanne Seppey. Paris: Cujas, 2009.

Le regard politique

Le regard politique. Entretiens avec Bénédicte Delorme-Montini. Collection "Essais." Paris: Flammarion, 2010.
“Aujourd’hui, la faculté humaine qui reçoit toute l’approbation, c’est l’imagination. Or je n’ai pas d’imagination, je ne suis pas un artiste et… More

Conversion

– "Conversion." Translated by Gladden J. Pappin. Modern Age 53, no. 3 (Summer 2011): 81-3. Originally published in Commentaire 31, no. 121 (2008).

Political History and Political Philosophy: Making Sense of the West

– "Political History and Political Philosophy: Making Sense of the West." Perspectives on Political Science 41, no. 2 (2012): 100-5.
The old Western synthesis, the coming together of self-government, the Christian proposition, modern equality, and the commitment to relieving man’s estate, appears to be unraveling. In… More

Between Athens and Jerusalem

– "Between Athens and Jerusalem." First Things (February 2012): 35-39.
Manent discusses the theological-political problem.

Human Unity Real and Imagined

– "Human Unity Real and Imagined." First Things (October 2012): 47-52. Also published as "L'Église entre l'humanité réelle et l'humanité rêvée" (text in English), chap. 9 in The Global Quest for "Tranquillitas Ordinis": "Pacem in Terris", Fifty Years Later, ed. Mary Ann Glendon, Russell Hittinger, and Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo (Vatican City: Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, 2013), 109-18.

Metamorphoses of the City: On the Western Dynamic

Metamorphoses of the City: On the Western Dynamic. Translated by Marc LePain. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2013. Originally published as Les métamorphoses de la cité (Paris: Flammarion, 2010). Published in Italian as Le metamorfosi della città: Saggio sulla dinamica dell'Occidente, trans. Giulio Di Ligio (Rubbettino, 2014).
What is the best way to govern ourselves? The history of the West has been shaped by the struggle to answer this question, according to Pierre Manent. A major achievement by one of… More

Teaching

René Girard, la violence et le sacré

– "René Girard, la violence et le sacré." Review of La violence et le sacré, by René Girard. Contrepoint no. 14 (1974): 157-70. Partially excerpted in Esprit 3, no. 28 (April 1979): 44-45.

La crise de l’Église

– "La crise de l'Église." Review of La confusion des langues, by Alain Besançon. Commentaire no. 4 (Winter 1978/79): 585-90.

Quelques remarques sur la notion de sécularisation

– "Quelques remarques sur la notion de sécularisation." In The French Revolution and the Creation of Modern Political Culture, vol. 3, The Transformation of Political Culture 1789-1848, 351-7. Edited by François Furet and Mona Ozouf. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1987-9.

An Intellectual History of Liberalism

An Intellectual History of Liberalism. Translated by Rebecca Balinski, with a foreword by Jerrold Siegel. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. Originally published as Histoire intellectuelle du liberalisme: Dix leçons (Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1987). Published in Brazilian as História intelectual do liberalismo: dez liçoes (Rio de Janeiro: Imago, 1990). Published in Polish as Intelektualna historia liberalizmu, trans. Marian Miszalski (Lódz: Kurs, 1990; Krakow: Arcana, 1994). Published in Italian as Storia intellettuale del liberalismo, trans. L. Caracciolo di San Vito (Rubbettino, 2010).
Highlighting the social tensions that confront the liberal tradition, Pierre Manent draws a portrait of what we, citizens of modern liberal democracies, have become. For Manent, a… More

La raison et les dieux

– "La raison et les dieux." Review of La Rationalité des valeurs, ed. Sylvie Mesure. Commentaire no. 82 (Spring 1998): 555-7.

Modern Liberty and Its Discontents

Modern Liberty and Its Discontents. Edited and translated by Daniel J. Mahoney and Paul Seaton. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield, 1998.
In this book, distinguished French philosopher Pierre Manent addresses a wide range of subjects, including the Machiavellian origins of modernity, Tocqueville’s analysis of democracy,… More

Christianity and Democracy (Parts I & II)

– "Christianity and Democracy (Parts I & II)." Chaps. 12 and 13 of A Free Society Reader: Principles for the New Millennium, edited by Michael Novak, William Brailsford, and Cornelis Heesters. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2000.

Conversion

– "Conversion." Commentaire no. 121 (2008): 61 ff.

Libéral et catholique

– "Libéral et catholique." In Penser le monde moderne: Le bon grain et l'ivraie?, 7-12. Edited by Philippe Bénéton and Marie-Jeanne Seppey. Paris: Cujas, 2009.

Le regard politique

Le regard politique. Entretiens avec Bénédicte Delorme-Montini. Collection "Essais." Paris: Flammarion, 2010.
“Aujourd’hui, la faculté humaine qui reçoit toute l’approbation, c’est l’imagination. Or je n’ai pas d’imagination, je ne suis pas un artiste et… More

Conversion

– "Conversion." Translated by Gladden J. Pappin. Modern Age 53, no. 3 (Summer 2011): 81-3. Originally published in Commentaire 31, no. 121 (2008).

Political History and Political Philosophy: Making Sense of the West

– "Political History and Political Philosophy: Making Sense of the West." Perspectives on Political Science 41, no. 2 (2012): 100-5.
The old Western synthesis, the coming together of self-government, the Christian proposition, modern equality, and the commitment to relieving man’s estate, appears to be unraveling. In… More

Between Athens and Jerusalem

– "Between Athens and Jerusalem." First Things (February 2012): 35-39.
Manent discusses the theological-political problem.

Human Unity Real and Imagined

– "Human Unity Real and Imagined." First Things (October 2012): 47-52. Also published as "L'Église entre l'humanité réelle et l'humanité rêvée" (text in English), chap. 9 in The Global Quest for "Tranquillitas Ordinis": "Pacem in Terris", Fifty Years Later, ed. Mary Ann Glendon, Russell Hittinger, and Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo (Vatican City: Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, 2013), 109-18.

Metamorphoses of the City: On the Western Dynamic

Metamorphoses of the City: On the Western Dynamic. Translated by Marc LePain. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2013. Originally published as Les métamorphoses de la cité (Paris: Flammarion, 2010). Published in Italian as Le metamorfosi della città: Saggio sulla dinamica dell'Occidente, trans. Giulio Di Ligio (Rubbettino, 2014).
What is the best way to govern ourselves? The history of the West has been shaped by the struggle to answer this question, according to Pierre Manent. A major achievement by one of… More