The Ignoble Lie

May 2022
Sam Slaughter

Patrick Deneen’s The Ignoble Lie.

This reading tied in with a theme of civic duty and noblesse oblige that periodically comes up in our discussions. Some related materials:

• Leighton Woodhouse: The Circulation of the Elites

• Sam Long: The Financialization of the American Elite

• Matthew Stewart: The 9.9 Percent (NYT review)

• Paul Fussell: Class (Astral Codex review)

• Christopher Lasch: The Revolt of the Elites