
Nature and the Nation
Nature and the Nation explores politics, philosophy, psychology, sociology and economics from a naturalistic, paleoconservative perspective, using the format of a book review.
Latest episodes

Jan 19, 2023 • 52min
Review: The Concept of the Political by Carl Schmitt
In this episode I examine the friend/enemy distinction in Carl Schmitt's The Concept of the Political, including the liberal tendency to deny the political and aim toward a post-political world.

Jan 17, 2023 • 51min
Review: Rise of the Fourth Political Theory by Alexander Dugin
In this episode I examine Alexander Dugin's statements about the division between technical and social modernity and it's relation to the West, in the Rise of the Fourth Political Theory.

Oct 10, 2022 • 1h 7min
Review: The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
In this episode I look at the organic lifecycle of the culture and civilization as described by Spengler in the abridged version of his classic book The Decline of the West.

Sep 28, 2022 • 1h 9min
Review: Reconstruction in Philosophy by John Dewey
In this episode I look at the leftward direction of Pragmatism led by John Dewey, as outlined in his book Reconstruction in Philosophy, as well as his restatement of principles near the end of his life.

Sep 10, 2022 • 1h 15min
Review: Psychology (Briefer Course) by William James
In this episode I review William James' Psychology (Briefer Course), the abridged version Principles of Psychology. I focus on the biological nature of habit and instinct.

Sep 5, 2022 • 1h 11min
Review: Pragmatic Naturalism by S. Morris Eames
In this episode I return to the topic of the philosophical pragmatism of William James, John Dewey and others with a review of Pragmatic Naturalism, an Introduction by S. Morris Eames, with a special focus on the affinity between pragmatism and evolutionary theory.

Jul 9, 2022 • 1h 19min
Review: Early Greek Philosophy by John Burnet
In this episode I look at the pre-Socratic philosopher Parmenides, the goddess Ananke, the biases of scholars, mythology, and determinism in John Burnet's Early Greek Philosophy.

May 22, 2022 • 53min
Review: Heraclitus by Philip Wheelwright
In this episode I examine Philip Wheelwright's Heraclitus, in particular the study of Heraclitus as a pluralist opposed to the monism of Parmenides.

May 1, 2022 • 1h 20min
Review: The Beginning of Western Philosophy by Martin Heidegger
In this episode I look at the beginning of the question of Being in Martin Heidegger's The Beginning of Western Philosophy. I spend the most time in the middle section of the book, which provides a condensed and comprehensible overview of Heidegger's project and his search for the origins of Western philosophy in the pre-Socratic Greek thinkers such as Anaximander.

Apr 16, 2022 • 45min
Review: Elements of Pantheism by Paul Harrison
In this episode I review and respond to Elements of Pantheism by Paul Harrison. I include my comments and questions regarding Reality, Matter, the Universe, Nature, and Justice.