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| Editor | Daniel McCarthy |
|---|---|
| Categories | Traditionalist conservatism,regionalism |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Founded | 1957; 69 years ago (1957) |
| Company | Intercollegiate Studies Institute |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | modernagejournal |
| ISSN | 0026-7457 |
Modern Age is anAmerican conservative academic quarterly journal. It was founded in 1957 byRussell Kirk in collaboration withHenry Regnery. Between 1957 and 1976, the journal was published independently inChicago. In 1976, it was acquired by theIntercollegiate Studies Institute, its current publisher.
In foundingModern Age in 1957,Russell Kirk hoped for "a dignified forum for reflective,traditionalist conservatism" and the magazine has remained one of the voices of intellectual,small-"c" conservatism to the present day.[citation needed]
Reflecting the ideals of its founder, in its politics it istraditionalist, localist, against most military interventions, not libertarian, anti-Straussian, and generally critical ofneoconservatism. In its religious sympathies it adheres toorthodoxy, whetherRoman Catholic,Jewish,Eastern Orthodox, orProtestant.[citation needed]
Modern Age has been described by historianGeorge H. Nash as "the principal quarterly of the intellectual right."[citation needed]Paul Gottfried, a professor atElizabethtown College, 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."[citation needed]
Kirk edited the publication from 1957 to 1959. Eugene Davidson edited it from 1960 to 1969. David S. Collier was its third editor from 1970 to 1983. Its fourth editor, from 1984 to 2007, was George A. Panichas.
Panichas was succeeded as editor byR. V. Young.Peter Lawler replaced Young in 2017.[1] Lawler died later in 2017 and he was replaced by the current editor, Daniel McCarthy.[2]
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 toModern Age have included:[citation needed]
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