Year: 2020

Lee Trepanier: Aristotle for Planners

Listen to CSLD alumnus Prof. Lee Trepanier talk about “Aristotle for Planners” on former student Zach Vega’s podcast “Welcome To.”

MacIntyre’s Critique of Modern Moral Philosophy

Visiting Scholar Ken McIntyre may have had to leave campus early due to Covid-19, but the product of his hours stuck in the oldest building on campus has resulted in the first of a few expected publications. The Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism series offers a forum to writers concerned that the central presuppositions of the …

CSLD Summer Scholarships now Available

Scholarships of $1000 each are available for matriculated UW–Madison undergraduates enrolling in the summer course: Political Science 460, “Conservative Political Thought.” Richard Avramenko (CSLD Director) and Michael Promisel (CLSD Fellow) will co-teach the course.  The course will be conducted online during the UW—Madison 2020 summer term, from June 15 through July 10.  This is an …

New Issue of The Political Science Reviewer Available

Volume 43.1 of The Political Science Reviewer, a publication of the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy, is now available. It includes pieces on Rousseau, Tocqueville, Machiavelli, and others, as well as “authors meet critics” sections on Yoram Hazony’s The Virtue of Nationalism and Aurelian Craiutu’s Faces of Moderation.