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Crunchy Cons reading list
[Rod Dreher 03/31 10:23 AM]An excellent suggestion from a reader, echoing similar requests: I understand that this blog site will wrap up soon. Perhaps a good way to wrap things up would be for you and some of the other regular bloggers to suggest a "crunchy con" reading list for those interested in pursuing this topic in greater depth. In reading your book and following the posts, I've seen references to some works and authors that I've read but also some I've heard about and not read and some I'd never heard of before. I am sure there are others like me who are interested in doing further reading and a suggested reading list might be useful and a good way to bring things to a close. Yes, today’s the last day of this blog. That’s a good way to end it. I’ll weigh in throughout the day with my suggestions. I’ll start with a few. Mind you, it’s not that I agree with everything in any of these books, only that I recommend them to readers interested in exploring this sensibility. I invite readers to send in more suggestions.
T.S. Eliot, The Idea of a Christian Society and Notes Toward a Definition of Culture.
Richard Weaver, Ideas Have Consequences.
Russell Kirk, The Conservative Mind (anything by Kirk is essential, but this is the big one).
Matthew Scully, Dominion.
James Howard Kunstler, The Geography of Nowhere.
Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
Alasdair Macintyre, After Virtue.
E.F. Schumacher, Small Is Beautiful.
Wendell Berry, various essay collections, including What Are People For? and Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community.
Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation.
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