Leo Strauss

Paradise Lost: The Power of Nostalgia in Politics – Book Review of Mark Lilla’s The Shipwrecked Mind: On Political Reaction
Paradise Lost: The Power of Nostalgia in Politics – Review of Lilla’s The Shipwrecked Mind

Mark Lilla’s new book, The Shipwrecked Mind: On Political Reaction, examines the power of nostalgia in its political manifestation.

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