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‘Common Good’ Capitalism Preserves Freedom

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By Fred Bauer
| Commonplace Magazine
The “common good” war has erupted again. Americans are increasingly isolated and distrustful, while revolutionary socialism has gained a new political foothold, shining a new light on debates about communal solidarity and individual autonomy. There’s certainly a tension between a politics prioritizing freedom and one that stresses a sense of communal solidarity.
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After Transcendental Homelessness

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By Fred Bauer
| Substack
A century ago, the philosopher Georg Lukacs diagnosed the modern age as afflicted with a “transcendental homelessness.” A similar critique has been mounted against liberal modernity in our own time: that it dislocates us from tradition and community, leaving us as individual specks floating in the void.
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A Secular Epic

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By Fred Bauer
| Substack
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey now sits atop the box office, and—like millions across the country—I saw it on Friday night. Prior to watching the film, I went out of my way to read nothing about it, trying especially to avoid the culture war about whether it was “woke” or not. In retrospect, I think that latest cultural battle missed much of what was interesting (including interesting to argue about) in the film.
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