Political Philosophy

“Enframing,” “Standing Reserve” and Other Terms in Heidegger’s The Question Concerning Technology (2)

Getting ready to read Martin Heidegger's essay "The Question Concerning Technology" with the Great Books/Political Philosophy reading group at the Maurin Academy. … More

Martin Heidegger’s Character (The Question Concerning Technology, 1)

Getting ready to read Martin Heidegger's essay "The Question Concerning Technology" with the Great Books/Political Philosophy reading group at the Maurin Academy. … More

Exploring Elites and Democracy: Insights from Dr. Hugo Drochon

The Maurin Academy hosted Dr. Hugo Drochon for a talk on "Elites and Democracy." The lecture originally took place on 8/15/2026. Drochon's argument touches on a handful o

Join Our Four-Part Series on the Sermon on the Mount, Starting Aug. 12

I interviewed Caleb Owens recently. His class starts this Wednesday, on the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus's Sermon on the Mount was perhaps the most important biblical inspi

Explore the Maurin Academy YouTube Channel & More

Political Philosophy discusses upcoming classes, lectures and how to support the Maurin Academy and join the discussion. … More Explore the Maurin Academy YouTube Channel

Why We Lost Our Sense of Sacrifice (Creation, Food & Agriculture, Public Clip 3)

This is a segment from the third session of a class taught in the Summer of 2026 for the Maurin Academy on Creation, Food and Agriculture. … More Why We Lost Our Sense of

How Technical Rationality Breaks Our Bond With Nature (Creation, Food & Agriculture, Public Clip 2)

This is a segment from the second session of a class taught in the Summer of 2026 for the Maurin Academy on Creation, Food and Agriculture. You can join the Maurin Acade

How Urbanization Caused a (Land) Fertility Crisis Affecting Us All (CFA Public Segment 1)

This is a segment from the first session of a class taught in the Summer of 2026 for the Maurin Academy on Creation, Food and Agriculture. … More How Urbanization Caused

Leo Strauss on Maimonides and Esoteric Writing

https://leostrausscenter.uchicago.edu/audio-transcripts/courses-audio-transcripts/ Get in on everything we do: https://patreon.com/maurinacademy Find out more about our c

Historicism’s Deadly Effect on Thinking (Persecution and the Art of Writing, 4)

In her public podcast, which you can also find on pretty much all podcast platforms, Laurie has been reading and discussing Leo Strauss's book Persecution and the Art of

Persecution and Horse Logic (Persecution and the Art of Writing, 3)

Get in on everything we do: https://patreon.com/maurinacademy … More Persecution and Horse Logic (Persecution and the Art of Writing, 3)

Antimodern Progress: The Ideas of Jacques Maritain (Upcoming Class)

You can find out more about this class, coming Feb. 4, 2026, here: https://pmaurin.org/antimodern-progress-contradiction-or-christian-alternative/ … More Antimodern Progr

Why Exoteric Writing? (Strauss, Persecution and the Art of Writing, 2)

Get in on everything we do: https://patreon.com/maurinacademy … More Why Exoteric Writing? (Strauss, Persecution and the Art of Writing, 2)

Introduction to Persecution and the Art of Writing by Leo Strauss (New Series)

This is the introductory lecture for a series on Persecution and the Art of Writing by Leo Strauss. … More Introduction to Persecution and the Art of Writing by Leo Strau

Fair Labor Standards in the United States: A Conversation With Constitutional Law Expert John Fliter

Dr John Fliter, author of U.S. vs. Darby Lumber Co.: The Triumph of Fair Labor Standards (University Press of Kansas, 2025), is our guest today. The interview covers the

Dislocation as a Symptom of Modernity: The Case of Peter Maurin (Recent Talk)

This is my talk from a recent visit to Milwaukee to view Maurin documents at Marquette University. It was part of a Catholic Worker roundtable with Lincoln Rice. It repre

What AI Means (And Doesn’t Mean) for Our World, with Stephen Paff (Excerpt)

Stephen Paff, host of Democracy Demythologized and author of the Ethnodata blog joined Laurie for a conversation about AI. This is a short segment of a longer conversatio

Pastor Caleb Campbell: Disarming Leviathan

Pastor Caleb Campbell, Desert Springs Bible Church, has published a new book, Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor, with Blackstone Publishing.

The Usefulness of Common Sense in the Age of Digital Deception (Being There 6)

We finish up the discussion of Jerzy Kosinski's novel Being There with "Chauncey Gardiner" being launched into the stratosphere of American power while being an acknowled

The Vulnerabilities of Democracy in the Age of Image

On the Maurin Academy's Political Philosophy podcast, Laurie is covering Jerzy Kosinski's Being There, a satirical novel about an image and wealth-obsessed American socie