Politics - World

Frank Wright shares a reading list for viewers interested in Catholicism, civilization, philosophy, political thought, metaphysics, and literature. He begins with Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation as an introduction to the civilization shaped by Christianity, and Epictetus’ Discourses as an accessible guide to thinking and personal conduct. He recommends Félix Sardà y Salvany’s Liberalism Is a Sin and Herbert Butterfield’s The Whig Interpretation of History to understand liberalism, revolutionary ideas, and the modern belief in inevitable historical progress. Wright places particular emphasis on a collected edition of Pope Leo XIII’s Catholic social teaching, recommending it for questions ranging from political economy and […]