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The American Mind

Summary

Online publication of the Claremont Institute, launched in 2018. Provides politically serious, philosophically grounded conservative commentary on politics, culture, and technology. Reflects the Claremont Institute's Straussian and Jaffa-inflected political philosophy, applied to contemporary issues including constitutional crisis, cultural collapse, and digital technology.

Core Contribution

Elevated Claremont Institute's intellectual tradition into a digitally native publication format; provided ideological infrastructure for the post-liberal and New Right conservative movements; platform for some of the most serious philosophical engagement with Trumpism and American founding principles.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • Post-liberal constitutionalism
  • Technology and human nature
  • Claremont political philosophy for a mass audience

Historical Influences

The Claremont Review of Books The American Conservative First Things

Intellectual Lineage

Claremont Institute Leo Strauss and Harry Jaffa political philosophyThe Claremont Review of Books

Allied Works

The Claremont Review of Books Human ForeverThe StakesClaremont Institute policy publications

Contemporaries & Peers

The Claremont Review of Books First Things American Affairs The New Criterion

Minds Influenced

New Right political philosophyAnti-establishmentarian conservative intellectualsPost-liberal political commentary

Intellectual Posterity

New Right intellectual formationPost-liberal conservative media ecosystemClaremont-influenced policy and political thinking

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