Jeffery Tyler Syck is a Ph.D. Candidate in American politics and political theory at the University of Virginia. He has had fellowships with the Bradley Foundation and UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy.
Opinion
Fighting the nationalist impulse: a defense of the local.
National conservatives understand better than most that many in our modern civilization feel uprooted and adrift. Their attempt to address the malaise of modernity gives them broader political support than is warranted. In the end, they do not apprehend the roots of the modern political crisis, and their suggested solutions would undoubtedly deepen the social...