Culture of Immodesty in American Life and Politics

Ralph Ancil, Geneva College, USAJeremy Beer, American Philanthropic, USAGregory S. Butler, New Mexico State University, USAMichael P. Federici, Mercyhurst University, USARichard M. Gamble, Hillsdale College, USAJustin Garrison, Catholic University of America, USAGary L. Gregg II, University of Louisville, USADarryl Hart, Hillsdale College, USARobert C. Koons, University of Texas at Austin, USAJeffrey Polet, Hope College, USABrian Patrick Mitchell, USAMark T. Mitchell, Patrick Henry College, USAClaes G. Ryn, Catholic University of America, USA

"The theme of the United States as a Republic turned Empire is depressingly familiar these days, but those who cheer or damn the imperial turn focus almost exclusively on war and diplomacy. Largely missing from the debate has been analysis of how the needs of empire can corrupt domestic institutions and culture. The authors in this provocative anthology succeed in filling that gap by asking not only what the United States became, but what Americans lost when their Constitutional, federal, more or less pious, and modest republic ceased to exist." - Walter A. McDougall, Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania, USA "Citing eminent authorities ranging from Russell Kirk to Bruce Springsteen, this cogent collection of essays offers a bracing rebuttal to the militarists and imperialists seemingly intent on driving America into the abyss." - Andrew J. Bacevich, author of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War

• 1. Messianic Hoax and the Quest for Empire; R.M.Gamble 2. Journalism; R.Dreher 3. The Architecture of Empire; D.Lee 4. The Politics of Modesty and the Problem of Scale; M.T.Mitchell 5. The Rise of Therapeutic Culture and the End of the Modest Republic; J.Beer 6. Religion and the Modest Republic; D.Hart 7. Popular Culture; A.Esolen 8. The Immodesty of American Empire: A Constitutionalist Perspective on Neo-Jacobin Universalism; C.G.Ryn 9. Can there be a Modest Presidency in a Modest Republic?; G.L.Gregg 10. Ethical Center of Modest Republicanism; M.P.Federici 11. A Humane Economy; R.Ancil 12. Debt and the Loss of Moderation; B.P.Mitchell 13. Higher Education; R.Koons 14. Education; J.Polet