Walker Percy and Suicide
It has now come to pass in American secular culture that the choice to end one’s own life—suicide—is tacitly accepted as an inalienable right of every person.…
On the Importance of Being a Wayfarer
Walker Percy’s various writings contain several puzzles: How did his philosophical essays relate to his novels? What did he intend to accomplish with his theory of language?…
Walker Percy in the Ruins: A Conversation with Brian Smith
Brian Smith discusses discusses his recently published book, Walker Percy and the Politics of the Wayfarer,with in his interview with Richard M. Reinsch II of Liberty Law Talk.…
The Pursuit of Happiness and the American Regime
Understanding the American Pursuit of Happiness Happiness is now the serious study of human well-being. As the study of happiness becomes more serious and exact, happiness researchers…
Review of The Pursuit of Happiness and the American Regime
The Pursuit of Happiness and the American Regime: Political Theory in Literature. Elizabeth Amato. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2018. In a time marked by enormous economic…
Walker Percy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and the Search for Influence
Walker Percy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and the Search for Influence. Jessica Hooten Wilson. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2017. When suffering from tuberculosis and confined to…