Patrick J. Deneen

Nov 25, 2024 | postliberalorder.com | Patrick J. Deneen

I was recently invited by the influential German magazine Cicero — imagine a right-center version of The Atlantic or The New Yorker — for some thoughts on the outcome of the American election. While there are few things I say here that won’t be known to American readers, the questions and concerns expressed in the questions are perhaps a window into what the intellectual right in Germany are thinking about.

Jun 28, 2024 | compactmag.com | Patrick J. Deneen

An Alabama proposal to install the Ten Commandments in public classrooms in the state has generated controversy, with opponents predictably accusing proponents of trying to impose a theocracy on Alabama’s children.

May 13, 2024 | modernagejournal.com | Patrick J. Deneen

Patrick Deneen, an assistant professor of political science at Princeton University, sets out in this book to assess the contemporary relevance of the Homeric legacy, especially the Odyssey.

May 10, 2024 | modernagejournal.com | Patrick J. Deneen

For several months after Regime Change was published, Twitter was awash in reviews indicating that Patrick Deneen’s new book was “insidious and dangerous” (Los Angeles Review of Books), “chilling” (New York Times), and “absurd and perverse,” (Wall Street Journal), while First Things criticized him for not being theologically and ecclesiologically activist enough. This critical ferment indicates that it’s a good time to write a book called Regime Change.

Apr 1, 2024 | journalofdemocracy.org | Patrick J. Deneen

Select your citation format: MLA (Modern Language Association 8th edition)Chicago Manual of Style 16th edition (full note)APA (American Psychological Association 7th edition) Bryan Garsten claims that most treatments of liberalism today take the form either of “autopsy” or “demonology,” and that defenses of liberalism are either “plaintive or desperate.” While the former might be true, the latter description misses the mark.