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Suburban Cosmopolitanism: How Niceness Undermines Patriotism, Joseph Natali
Suburban Cosmopolitanism: How Niceness Undermines Patriotism, Joseph Natali
Compass: An Undergraduate Journal of American Political Ideas
Many prominent conservatives of the 20th century have commented on moral superiority of a love of a particular place and community over a general cosmopolitan love of humanity. For a multitude of reasons, suburban living does not help to foster this love of one’s immediate surroundings. Suburbs, despite being a “nice” and “comfortable” place to live, create a set of conditions that undermine the development of a genuine love of one’s land and neighbor by physically separating one from two of the most important aspects of human existence: work and community. In the absence of a genuine love of place, …
Restoring The Republic: A Conservative Manifesto For America’S Future, Cameron Khansarinia
Restoring The Republic: A Conservative Manifesto For America’S Future, Cameron Khansarinia
Compass: An Undergraduate Journal of American Political Ideas
In response to liberal attempts to diverge from many American values and ways, some contemporary conservatives have responded by looking backward to what we used to be. Instead, the conservative project should be to transform us into the nation that we were always supposed to be, a project for which Tocqueville can provide guidance.
Author information: Cameron Khansarinia is a graduate of Harvard College. He studied political theory in the Department of Government and wrote his honors thesis on Alexis de Tocqueville’s contemporary relevance under the advisement of Professor Harvey C. Mansfield.
Restoring Civic Virtue: The Buckley Model, Moriah Poliakoff
Restoring Civic Virtue: The Buckley Model, Moriah Poliakoff
Compass: An Undergraduate Journal of American Political Ideas
The political life of William F. Buckley Jr. stands as a model for reinvigorating the civic virtue that the American founders recognized as necessary.
Author information: Moriah Poliakoff is a junior at Christopher Newport University majoring in American Studies and minoring in Philosophy and US National Security Studies. She has a particular interest in political philosophy.