Localism in the Mass Age: A Front Porch Republic Manifesto
Mark T. Mitchell · Jason Peters
Apr 2018 · Wipf and Stock Publishers
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In the United States the conventional left/right distinction has become increasingly irrelevant, if not harmful. The reigning political, cultural, and economic visions of both the Democrats and the Republicans have reached obvious dead ends. Liberalism, with its hostility to any limits, is collapsing. So-called Conservatism has abandoned all pretense of conserving anything at all. Both dominant parties seem fundamentally incapable of offering coherent solutions for the problems that beset us. In light of this intellectual, cultural, and political stalemate, there is a need for a new vision.
Localism in the Mass Age: A Front Porch Republic Manifesto assembles thirty-one essays by a variety of scholars and practitioners—associated with Front Porch Republic—seeking to articulate a new vision for a better future. The writers are convinced that human apprehension of the true, the good, and the beautiful is best realized within a dense web of meaningful family, neighborhood, and community relationships. These writers seek to advance human flourishing through the promotion of political decentralism, economic localism, and cultural regionalism. In short, Front Porch Republic is dedicated to renewing American culture by fostering the ideals necessary for strong communities.
Localism in the Mass Age: A Front Porch Republic Manifesto assembles thirty-one essays by a variety of scholars and practitioners—associated with Front Porch Republic—seeking to articulate a new vision for a better future. The writers are convinced that human apprehension of the true, the good, and the beautiful is best realized within a dense web of meaningful family, neighborhood, and community relationships. These writers seek to advance human flourishing through the promotion of political decentralism, economic localism, and cultural regionalism. In short, Front Porch Republic is dedicated to renewing American culture by fostering the ideals necessary for strong communities.
About the author
Mark Mitchell is Professor and chairman of Government at Patrick Henry College and the founding president of the Front Porch Republic. He is the author of The Politics of Gratitude: Scale, Place, and Community in a Global Age (Potomac Books, 2012) and Michael Polanyi: The Art of Knowing (ISI, 2006). Jason Peters is Dorothy J. Parkander Professor in Literature at Augustana College (IL). He is the editor of both Wendell Berry: Life and Work (University Press of Kentucky, 2007) and Land! The Case for an Agrarian Economy, by John Crowe Ransom (a Front Porch Republic book published by the University Press of Notre Dame, 2017).
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