''Modern Age'' is an American conservative academic quarterly journal, founded in 1957 by Russell Kirk in close collaboration with

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. Originally published independently in

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, in 1976 ownership was transferred to the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.

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With its founding Kirk hoped for "a dignified forum for reflective,

traditionalist conservatism Traditionalist conservatism, often known as classical conservatism, is a political and social philosophy that emphasizes the importance of transcendent moral principles, manifested through certain natural laws to which society should adhere ...

" and the magazine has remained one of the voices of intellectual, small-"c" conservatism to the present day. Reflecting the ideals of its founder, in its politics it is traditionalist, localist, against most military interventions, not libertarian, anti-Straussian, and generally critical of

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. In its religious sympathies it adheres to

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, whether

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, or

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. ''Modern Age'' has been described by the historian

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as "the principal quarterly of the intellectual right."

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, a professor at

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, has said that "''Modern Age'' represents humanistic learning, reverence for the eternal, and the sense of human finiteness, values that (alas) have less and less to do with the academic presentation of the liberal arts." Kirk edited the publication from 1957 to 1959. Eugene Davidson edited it from 1960 to 1969. David S. Collier was the quarterly's third editor, from 1970 to 1983. ''Modern Age'' fourth editor was George A. Panichas who served from 1984 to 2007. The next editor was R. V. Young. Peter Lawler replaced Young in 2017. Lawler died later in 2017 and he was replaced by the current editor, Daniel McCarthy.

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The journal's Executive Editor is Mark Henrie, its Managing Editor is Arthur Bloom, and its Poetry Editor is James Matthew Wilson. Associate Editors include George W. Carey, Jude P. Dougherty, Jeffrey Hart, Marion Montgomery, Mordecai Roshwald, and Stephen J. Tonsor.

Contributors

Contributors: * Russell Kirk * R. V. Young * Jeffrey Hart * Thomas Molnar * Mordecai Roshwald *

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* Carol Iannone * E. Christian Kopff * W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz * Peter Augustine Lawler * Claes G. Ryn * Ellis Sandoz * R. J. Stove * Peter Lawler *

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* Michael D. Aeschliman

References

External links

*{{Official website
Russell Kirk's lead editorial from the first issue, Summer, 1957. ''Apology for a New Review''The Modern Age Archive courtesy of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's ''First Principles'' web log
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