April 23

Join Talbot Brewer in conversation about his essay,
“The Great Malformation,”
in this Hedgehog Evening Discussion with Jay Tolson.

New Spring Issue

The Hedgehog Review

How effectively—or poorly—have we gone about the business of producing people of character? Character and moral formation are the topics of our new issue.

Highlights

 

Talbot Brewer wins Sidney Award

News • January 2nd

David Brooks celebrates Brewer’s essay, “The Great Malformation.”

 

Taming the Octopus: The Long Battle for the Soul of the Corporation

Publications

Kyle Edward Williams tells the untold story of how efforts to hold big business accountable changed American capitalism.

 

The Ecology of Nations: American Democracy in a Fragile World Order

Publications

John M. Owen IV explains how democracies compete with autocracies to bias international order in their favor—and why democracies are losing.

 

 

The Two Faces of Democracy: Decentering Agonism and Deliberation

Publications

Mary F. Scudder and Stephen K. White write about deliberation, agonism, and the crisis of democracy.

 

Jackson Lears: Animal Spirits

Publications

Institute Visiting Fellow Jackson Lears’s new book, Animal Spirits: The American Pursuit of Vitality from Camp Meeting to Wall Street, was published this week by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

 

John Owen Welcomes Healthy Debate About a Contentious World in His Classroom

News • February 28th

Senior Fellow John Owen was interviewed. by UVAToday for a profile titled "John Owen Welcomes Healthy Debate About a Contentious World in His Classroom."

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