The Coercive Utopians, by Rael Jean Isaac and Erich Isaac by Robert A. Nisbet Who are the coercive utopians? According to Rael Jean and Erich Isaac in this valuable book, they are the people…
Slavery and Social Death, by Orlando Patterson by Robert A. Nisbet Slavery, this book demonstrates, far from being a "peculiar institution," comes very close to being, along with kinship and religion,…
Boredom by Robert A. Nisbet Among the forces that have shaped human behavior boredom is one of the most insistent and universal. Although scarcely as…
The Quintessential Liberal by Robert A. Nisbet More than anyone else I can think of, including the late Hubert Humphrey, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., George McGovern, and James…
Knowledge and Decisions, by Thomas Sowell by Robert A. Nisbet During the past decade Thomas Sowell, who is professor of economics at UCLA, has made evident through a considerable range…
The New Despotism by Robert A. Nisbet WHEN the modern political commu- nity was being shaped at the end of the 18th century, it was thought
The Future of the University by Robert A. Nisbet No one surveying the academic scene today can conclude other than that the American university is in an exceedingly precarious…
The Counter-Culture and its Apologists:1 – An Epistle to the Americans by Robert A. Nisbet First, the politics of the matter. Is it possible to dislike Spiro T. Agnew and also dislike the Scranton Report?…
The Grand Illusion: An Appreciation of Jacques Ellul by Robert A. Nisbet Jacques Ellul is a deeply respected lay theologian in the (Protestant) Reformed Church of France, and also professor of law…
Victorian Minds, by Gertrude Himmelfarb by Robert A. Nisbet DOUBTLESS God could create a better interpreter of the English 19th century, but doubtless God hasn't. So might the homely…
The Year 2000 and All That by Robert A. Nisbet THE APPROACH OF the year 2000 is certain to be attended by a greater fanfare of predictions, prophecies, surmises, and…
Notebooks, 1942-1951, by Albert Camus by Robert A. Nisbet The literary interest and philosophical importance of this, the second volume of Camus's notebooks, are bound up with the period…
