Political Philosophy

In Federalist 51, the author asserts that the legislative branch is always the strongest branch in a republic. Why, and is this true? The founders wanted a government that helped people enjoy their liberty, but has the definition of liberty changed? … More American Liberty: How Is It Secured? (Federalist 51 Part 2)

The American founders were concerned about one branch of government becoming too powerful and trampling on the freedoms of Americans by suppressing the other branches' freedom. Here Madison or Hamilton (which one is not clear) discusses how the new constitution tries to reduce the chances of this happening through separation of powers and checks and balances. … More Are Checks and Balances Necessary in the US Constitution? (Federalist 51, Part 1)

James Madison tried hard to faction-proof the US Constitution, but he did not anticipate the effects of instant media and the massification of modern populations. … More Madison Would Be Surprised — and Disappointed (Federalist 10, Part 4)

Madison devoted the majority of Federalist paper #10 to the dangers of a violent majority faction and corrupt demagogues. In this part of the paper, we see Madison hoping that a large republic will prevent such a faction from existing, or if it exists, will blunt its ability to tyrannize over the rest of the citizens. … More Did Madison Foresee the Demise of Democracy? (Federalist 10, Part 3)

Laurie continues her series of Federalist 10 and 51. This is the second video on Federalist 10, heading into how to handle the effects of a violent faction of the majority. … More James Madison Warns Against Violent Majority Factions & Demagogues (Federalist 10, Part 2)

You can find out more about this reading group and the ways to join here: https://pmaurin.org/reading-dialectic-of-enlightenment-with-jakob-hanschu/ Support us on Patreon at any level and get in on Jakob's reading group and more: https://patreon.com/maurinacademy … More New Dialectic of Enlightenment Reading Group Starting March 19, 2025

Laurie begins a short series on Federalist 10 and 51, untangling the antiquated language of these important writings by the American founders having to do with important constitutional principles such as the separation of powers and checks and balances. She starts with Federalist 10 and the question of how to stop violent factions from overtaking a liberal democracy. … More Federalist 10 Deciphered: Madison on the Dangers of Factions and the Separation of Powers (Part 1)

Laurie discusses Plato's view of democracy--its strengths and weaknesses, particularly its vulnerability to demagogues--and what he thought about other types of regimes. Pardon the reverberation on this recording! … More What Did Plato Say About Democracy and Demagogues?

You're lucky Laurie isn't ending that sentence the way Kendrick does. Get Laurie's book, The Gap in God's Country in hardcover, paperback and kindle/e-edition. Kindle: https://a.co/d/9m0zrg8 … More HUMBLE IS What We Need – Sit Down!

Laurie discusses some plans for guest speakers, her new Great Books reading group, and plans for the channel. … More Coming Up: The Maurin Academy Speaker Series and Beyond

Dr. Laurie M. Johnson discussing themes from her new book, subtitled A Longer View On Our Culture Wars, focusing on solving political disputes. This session dealt with direct action vs. the charity model. Get the book: https://a.co/d/9sJwfDe Kindle: https://a.co/d/9m0zrg8 … More Direct Action vs. Liberal Charity (Gap in God’s Country Segment from Session5 )

Spencer and Laurie talk with Benjamin Studebaker about his new book, Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies. Studebaker will give a speech for the Maurin Academy March 3, 2025. Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy … More Gazing Into the Abyss of Deep Pluralism (w/ Benjamin Studebaker) Dustbowl Diatribes SO 3, Ep. 27

These are segments of the fourth session in Dr. Laurie M Johnson's 5-part series on her new book, The Gap in God's Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars (Wipf & Stock, 2024). Dr. Laurie M. Johnson discussing themes from her new book, subtitled A Longer View On Our Culture Wars, focusing on solving political disputes. You can see all five full sessions of this series, and a lot more, by joining the Maurin Academy on Patreon. … More Narcissistic Leaders in Church and State–Segments from Session 4 of The Gap in God’s Country series

Dr. Laurie M. Johnson discussing themes from her new book, subtitled A Longer View On Our Culture Wars, focusing on solving political disputes. You can join in live for the following sessions by registering on Eventbrite or joining us on Patreon. … More The Gap in God’s Country: Segments From Session 3

Starting January 2, Laurie Johnson will be holding first Thursday monthly sessions in a new reading group. The first book covered (over three monthly sessions) will be Carl Jung's The Undiscovered Self. Discussion can continue on the Maurin Academy Slack Great Books channel. Reading is optional as Dr Johnson will be discuss the selection at the beginning of each session, but it is encouraged! To sign up for the Great Books Reading Group (either of our levels will get you into the live sessions and the recordings for this group): https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy … More Explore Carl Jung’s The Undiscovered Self in Monthly Sessions!

Dr. Laurie M. Johnson discussing themes from her new book, subtitled A Longer View On Our Culture Wars, focusing on solving political disputes. You can join in live for the following sessions by registering on Eventbrite or joining us on Patreon. … More The Gap in God’s Country: Segments From Session 2

Dr. Laurie M. Johnson discussing themes from her new book, subtitled A Longer View On Our Culture Wars, focusing on solving political disputes. You can join in live for the following sessions by registering on Eventbrite or joining us on Patreon. … More The Gap in God’s Country – Segments from Session 1

For more information about this book and where to buy it, as well as information about a series of talks I'll give on themes from the book, check out: https://pmaurin.org/2024/11/02/the-gap-in-gods-country-themes-discussion-with-laurie-johnson-coming-up/ … More Starting Monday Nov. 18: Gap in God’s Country Sessions–Sign up on Eventbrite or Patreon

In the context of wrapping up JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy book club, Laurie talks about how she reads books without getting angry, even if she's not too happy with the authors. … More Hillbilly Elegy Bookclub Finale: How to Read Books Without Getting Angry

Prof. Martin Chung (Hong Kong Baptist University/Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict, Queens University Belfast) gave a lecture to the Maurin Academy introducing us to Catholic Social Teaching on economic life and the international community. … More Prof. Martin Chung on “Catholic Social Teaching on Economic Life and the International Community.”

Laurie Johnson talks about her new book, published by Wipf & Stock, Cascade Books, and about her upcoming live sessions discussing themes from the book. Synopsis of the book: https://pmaurin.org/2024/10/23/published-the-gap-in-gods-country-a-longer-view-on-our-culture-wars/ … More Published and for sale: The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View On Our Culture Wars

Jordan Daniel Wood's book is The Whole Mystery of Christ: Creation as Incarnation in Maximus the Confessor: https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268203474/the-whole-mystery-of-christ/ To get involved with our reading group join the Maurin Academy at any level on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy … More Incarnation and the Environment, with Author Jordan Daniel Wood

Direct link to DePaul University Political Scientist Dr. David Lay William's book and e-book, The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691171975/the-greatest-of-all-plagues?srsltid=AfmBOoouC6GyFyOl3Elvzagqym3OgW-ohnU_ydH4vwXy6E0Nz3OpVb34 … More The Greatest of All Plagues: Economic Inequality From Plato to Marx: Interview w/ David Lay Williams

For more info and Patreon and Eventbrite links to sign up: https://pmaurin.org/2024/09/20/the-spiritual-crises-of-modernity-from-nominalism-to-nihilism/ … More The Spiritual Crises of Modernity: From Nominalism to Nihilism: Upcoming Maurin Academy Class

Laurie discusses the phenomenon of generational trauma and repeating the same stupid mistakes, a syndrome caused by long-term generational poverty and exposure to prejudice, in the process of unpacking JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy Chapters 3 and 4. She'll respond to more questions from the last Hillbilly bookclub session as well as this one, in an upcoming video. … More Why the Fights, Infidelities, Serial Marriages, & Kids Raised by Grandparents? (Hillbilly Elegy 3)

Laurie talks with Spencer and Emily Hess about how things are going on the JPII Catholic Worker Farm in KCMO. Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Maurin Academy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-maurin-academy-311669 Political Philosophy: https://political-philosophy.com Dustbowl Diatribes and Political Philosophy are podcasts of the Maurin Academy, which can be found on almost all podcast platforms! Follow the Maurin Academy … More JPII Catholic Worker Farm Update: Goat Mowers & Accommodations Coming Together! August 2024

Laurie answers questions from viewers of the first session of the Hillbilly Elegy bookclub. Yes, it's time for the Hillbilly Elegy Book Club. … More Q & A Session: Hillbilly Elegy Bookclub, Introduction

Yes, it's time for the Hillbilly Elegy Book Club. Leave your comments and Laurie will respond to at least some of them in her next session! … More Hillbilly Elegy Book Club! Introduction (Analysis of JD Vance’s 2016 book)

This is a portion of a monthly Longer View by Dr. Laurie Johnson, responding to a patron's request to explain why the US doesn't often election third party candidates. … More Why Does the US Have a Two-Party System?What Could Change That?

Laurie wraps up her discussion of VS Naipaul's short story One Out of Many, from In a Free State. The discussion centers around the various forms and impacts of liberal modernity and the dislocations it causes. Hillbilly Elegy bookclub is also briefly mentioned. … More The Fragmented Self in Modern Liberalism (V.S. Naipaul, One Out of Many, 3) & Future Plans

As we get deeper into Santosh's experience, we see the 1968 Washington DC riots through his eyes, as he begins to contemplate his unfreedom in a free country and his equality in inequality. … More Unfree in Freedom/Unequal in Equality (One Out of Many, VS Naipaul 2, The Gap in God’s Country)

Laurie and Spencer discuss the implications and reverberations of the recent Maurin Academy lecture by the last Marxist, Chris Cutrone, and their interview with John Rao on Traditionalism and the Roman School. Both men discussed the time period of the 1848 revolutions in Europe. Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Maurin Academy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-maurin-academy-311669 Political Philosophy: https://political-philosophy.com … More Dustbowl Danse Macabre: Dustbowl Diatribes Season 3, Ep. 20

Laurie discusses the experience of dislocation and disembedding through a story by V.S. Naipaul, "One Out of Many." The book the story is from is In a Free State, also by Naipaul. … More Dislocation: Alone in the World (One Out of Many/In a Free State, V.S. Naipaul) Gap in God’s Country

Join our Patreon to gain access to the course More Real Than the World: Ancient Insights into the Nature of God, and all our other recorded and live content: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events, and get our free newsletter: https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/ More info about the class here: … More Future Plans & Thoughts on Plato (ft. Carl Jung, Charles Taylor, Plato…)

Laurie reads excerpts from the Thomas Pangle translation of Plato's Laws, Book 10, which lay out the first mover argument of the Athenian stranger, along with its social context. Join our Patreon to gain access to the course More Real Than the World: Ancient Insights into the Nature of God, and all our other recorded and live content: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy … More The First Mover Argument in Plato’s Laws, Book 10

Laurie reads the famous Myth of Er from Plato's Republic, the Grube translation, in preparation for teaching it in her summer seminar, More Real Than the World: Ancient Insights Into the Nature of God. Support the Maurin Academy on Patreon for access to this and all our other classes, reading groups and events: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy … More The Myth of Er in Plato’s Republic (Seminar 2024 Readings 6)

To sign up for this summer’s seminar: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/more-real-than-the-world-ancient-insights-into-the-nature-of-god-tickets-882717049457 Or support the Maurin Academy on Patreon for access to this and all our other classes, reading groups and events: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events, and get our free newsletter: https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/ More info about the class here: https://pmaurin.org/classes-and-series-cult/ … More Plato’s Gorgias: Heaven, Hell, and the In-Between Place (Seminar 2024 Readings 5)

To sign up for this summer’s seminar: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/more-real-than-the-world-ancient-insights-into-the-nature-of-god-tickets-882717049457 Or support the Maurin Academy on Patreon for access to this and all our other classes, reading groups and events: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events, and get our free newsletter: https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/ More info about the class here: https://pmaurin.org/classes-and-series-cult/ … More Diotima’s “Ladder of Love” in Plato’s Symposium (Seminar 2024 Readings 4)

To sign up for this summer’s seminar: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/more-real-than-the-world-ancient-insights-into-the-nature-of-god-tickets-882717049457 Or support the Maurin Academy on Patreon for access to this and all our other classes, reading groups and events: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events, and get our free newsletter: https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/ More info about the class here: https://pmaurin.org/classes-and-series-cult/ … More The Allegory of The Cave in Plato’s Republic (Seminar 2024 Readings 3)

To sign up for this summer's seminar for a donation of any amount: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/more-real-than-the-world-ancient-insights-into-the-nature-of-god-tickets-882717049457 … More Plato and the Ring of Gyges Story (Seminar 2024 Readings 2)

These sessions will be especially useful to those who want to know more about Plato, his philosophy's influence on Christianity and Western culture, and ressourcement theology. … More Was Plato a Polytheist? (Seminar 2024 Readings 1)

Gain access to the class one of these ways: 1. Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy 2. Maurin Academy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-maurin-academy-311669 … More Coming Up: Summer Seminar on Plato and the Next Few Podcasts

Co-Founder of the Permaculture movement, David Holmgren, talks to Spencer and Laurie about his analysis and predictions in his book Future Scenarios, his assessment that we are still in the “Brown Tech” energy descent scenario, and the implications for society moving forward. Holmgren Design: https://holmgren.com.au Online Writing: https://holmgren.com.au/permaculture-ideas-and-actions/writings/ Future Scenarios: https://www.futurescenarios.org Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy … More Interview with David Holmgren, Co-Founder of the Permaculture Movement

Cutrone’s new book: https://sublationmedia.com/product/marxism-and-politics-essays-on-critical-theory-and-the-party-2006-2024/ To attend the live event and Q & A on April 22 at 7 p.m. US Central Time, you will need to either register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chris-cutrone-on-the-1848-revolutions-tickets-860495955567 …or support the Maurin Academy at any level on Patreon (also gaining access to all our other courses and reading groups: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy For those … More Register Now! Chris Cutrone on the 1848 Revolutions, Live for The Maurin Academy April 22

Dr. Clifford Bates of The American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw is my guest today to talk about his work on Aristotle and why Aristotle’s ideas on politics and economics are important for understanding our world today. Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Maurin Academy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-maurin-academy-311669 Political Philosophy: https://political-philosophy.com Dustbowl Diatribes and Political Philosophy … More All Things Aristotle, Including Economics (Interview with Dr Cliff Bates)

Adams & Balfour’s book Unmasking Administrative Evil is essential reading in Administrative Ethics. Here, I explain how they deal with “moral inversion,” the process of turning something inherently morally evil into a great good. Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Maurin Academy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-maurin-academy-311669 Political Philosophy: https://political-philosophy.com Dustbowl Diatribes and Political Philosophy are podcasts of the Maurin … More Short Take: What is Moral Inversion (Unmasking Administrative Evil, Adams & Balfour)

Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Maurin Academy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-maurin-academy-311669 Political Philosophy: https://political-philosophy.com Dustbowl Diatribes and Political Philosophy are podcasts of the Maurin Academy, which can be found on almost all podcast platforms! Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events, and get our free newsletter: https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/

Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy  Maurin Academy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-maurin-academy-311669  Political Philosophy: https://political-philosophy.com  Dustbowl Diatribes and Political Philosophy are podcasts of the Maurin Academy, which can be found on almost all podcast platforms!  Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events, and get our free newsletter: https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/

Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Maurin Academy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-maurin-academy-311669 Political Philosophy: https://political-philosophy.com Dustbowl Diatribes and Political Philosophy are podcasts of the Maurin Academy, which can be found on almost all podcast platforms! Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events, and get our free newsletter: https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/

Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Maurin Academy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-maurin-academy-311669 Political Philosophy: https://political-philosophy.com Dustbowl Diatribes and Political Philosophy are podcasts of the Maurin Academy, which can be found on almost all podcast platforms! Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events, and get our free newsletter: https://pmaurin.org/newsletter/

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