“The Crisis of Modern Times: Perspectives from The Review of Politics, 1939-1962,” edited by Notre Dame political scientist A. James McAdams, was recently published by Notre Dame Press.
McAdams’ book presents 22 articles which appeared in the Review during its early and most influential years when it emerged as a leading journal of political and social theory. In addition to an introductory essay by McAdams on the journal’s history and prominent contributors, it includes work by Gurian, Maritain, Desmond Fitzgerald, C. J. Friedrich, Denis de Rougemont, John U. Nef, Aron Gurwitsch, Josef Pieper, Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, Hannah Arendt, Russell Kirk, Robert Strausz-Hup, Louis de Raeymaeker, Frank O’Malley, Glenn Tinder, and Yves R. Simon.
Originally published by Michael O. Garvey at newsinfo.nd.edu on August 29, 2007.