Conservative Conversations with ISI
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Conservative Conversations with ISI
Matthew Spalding on Natural Law and the American Founding, Post-liberalism, and National Conservatism
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Intercollegiate Studies Institute
In This Episode:
- Matthew Spalding, Professor of Constitutional studies at Hillsdale College in Washington D.C., joins the podcast to discuss the first principles and permanent truths that undergird the American Founding
- how critiques from National Conservatives and Post-Liberal Integralists misunderstand classical liberalism and the “American Enlightenment”
- the common ground between Straussians and Kirkians, and the potential for a principled fusion between the once-warring camps in the conservative movement
Texts Mentioned:
- We Still Hold These Truths by Matthew Spalding
- Heritage Guide to the Constitution by Matthew Spalding and David Forte
- Politics by Aristotle
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