Nic Pizzolatto has an instinct for tragedy, but he wants Americans to reconcile themselves to the violence of their society.
Remembering Walker Percy: A Collection of Law & Liberty Essays
This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of Walker Percy’s death, and the eminent philosopher-novelist repays our attention and thought more than ever. With the posthumous publication of his only work of systematic philosophy in 2019, Symbol & Existence, we have still more evidence of his lasting importance as a thinker.
Here we present two new essays offering reflections on the most important lessons we can learn from him today:
The American Pursuit of Happiness
by Elizabeth Amato
An Age of Theory and Consumption
by Brian A. Smith
For those who wish to learn more, we also wish to take the opportunity to collect all of Law & Liberty’s essays that engage deeply with Percy’s ideas:
The Democratic Self: A Quiz After Walker Percy’s Lost in the Cosmos
by Micah Meadowcroft
by Jessica Hooten Wilson
Soulcraft, Indirectly: Reading Walker Percy’s Lost in the Cosmos
by Brian A. Smith
by Jessica Hooten Wilson
Balancing Technology and Self-Knowledge with Walker Percy
by Titus Techera
by Jessica Hooten Wilson
Walker Percy and the Politics of Deranged Times
by Brian A. Smith
Atticus Finch’s American Stoicism
by Peter Augustine Lawler
Walker Percy’s American Apocalypse
by H. Collin Messer