‘The Power of the Dog’ Messages the Urgent Need for Civic Education
Thomas Savage’s novel and Jane Campion’s film adaptation of The Power of the Dog depict the danger in Americans’ distrust of civic institutions.
Aaron Kushner
Aaron Kushner is a Post-Doc in the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, where he works on the Arizona Constitution Project - a digital journal chronicling the formation of the State of Arizona.
Parasites: Montesquieu on the End of Civic Virtue in a Republic
Bong Joon-ho's scathing Parasite reflects Montesquieu's critique that the decline of civic virtue causes great social inequality, which then incurs greed, envy, and violence.
