Category: Book Reviews and Reactions

• Truth-Telling as Anti-Totalitarianism: Reflections on The Psychology of Totalitarianism

  The Psychology of Totalitarianism by Mattias Desmet is one of the more encouraging books that I’ve read recently on topics related to the current madness we’re experiencing in the West. A lot of what I read and write–both in my “official” scholarship and in my “non-official” studies like this website–is directed at trying to figure […]

  Roger Prather

  December 5, 2022

  Book Reviews and Reactions, Books

  Areopagitica, Critical Social Justice, Euripides, Gustave Le Bon, Hiketides, John Milton, Mattias Desmet, The Psychology of Totalitarianism, Totalitarianism

• Rebellion: When, Why, and How–A Synthesis of Recent Reading

  I recently read three books in succession that, without intending such an outcome, I found to be linked conceptually. The three books, in the order I read them: In my synthesis of these three books’ ideas, I’m going to deal with them out of order. First, I’ll deal with Camus, then Cunningham, and, finally, with […]

  Roger Prather

  November 28, 2022

  Book Reviews and Reactions, Books

  Albert Camus, Alex Jones, Communism, correspondence theory of truth, Scott Britz-Cunningham, The Great Reset, Totalitarianism

• My Initial Reaction to Stephen Wolfe’s “Case for Christian Nationalism”

  The conservative Protestant interwebs have been abuzz over the last week in response to the release of Stephen Wolfe’s book, The Case for Christian Nationalism. As one might expect on platforms like Twitter, a lot of the discourse surrounding the book and its claims falls short when it comes to nuance, sophistication, and reasoned arguments. […]

  Roger Prather

  November 9, 2022

  Book Reviews and Reactions, Books, Political Theory

  Christian Nationalism, Political Theology, Political Theory, Stephen Wolfe