ESR spotlight on Mark Wegierski

Recent articles by Mark Wegierski that have run in Enter Stage Right

2012

Traditionalist social philosophy – a sketch of an idea (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at the crucial concept of "the Vital Center" in his continuing series

Traditionalist social philosophy – a sketch of an idea (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at culture and virtue

Traditionalist social philosophy – a sketch of an idea (Part Two): Mark Wegierski continues his look at traditionalist philosophy

Traditionalist social philosophy – a sketch of an idea (Part One): Mark Wegierski offers his thoughts on a synthesis of traditionalist philosophy

Resisting "soft-totalitarianism" in Canada? (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at the third main pillar, the mass-education system and its attitudes towards Christianity and its followers

Resisting "soft-totalitarianism" in Canada?  (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the second pillar of the system, the juridical environment and its attitudes towards Christianity and its followers

Resisting "soft-totalitarianism" in Canada?  (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the first pillar of the Canadian system, the media environment and its attitudes towards Christianity and its followers

Resisting "soft-totalitarianism" in Canada? (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the ethical challenges for sincerely-believing Christians of living in accord with their faith in current-day Canada

2011

A comparison of the conservative traditions in America and Canada (Part Four): Mark Wegierski contrasts the trajectories of social change in Canada and the U.S., as well as the possible resistance

A comparison of the conservative traditions in America and Canada (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at the years from the late-1990s to today in Canadian conservatism and the earthshaking events that changed everything

A comparison of the conservative traditions in America and Canada (Part Two): Mark Wegierski surveys the Canadian political scene from 1963 to the 1990s

A comparison of the conservative traditions in America and Canada (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at the divergent paths of development of American and Canadian flavours of conservatism

Separatist tendencies in Canada: Their origins, development, and future (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at separatist tendencies outside Quebec

Separatist tendencies in Canada: Their origins, development, and future (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at developments in Quebec after 1984

Separatist tendencies in Canada: Their origins, development, and future (Part One): Canada's liberalism may actually encourage separatism, argues Mark Wegierski

Political, constitutional, juridical, and socio-cultural aspects of the origins and development of the Canadian State (Part Six): Mark Wegierski concludes his series by examining the rise of Stephen Harper, the current prime minister of Canada

Political, constitutional, juridical, and socio-cultural aspects of the origins and development of the Canadian State (Part Five): Mark Wegierski examines the rise and fall of Stockwell Day

Political, constitutional, juridical, and socio-cultural aspects of the origins and development of the Canadian State (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks mostly at the 1990s in Canada and Ontario

Political, constitutional, juridical, and socio-cultural aspects of the origins and development of the Canadian State (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at Canadian political icons Liberal Pierre Trudeau and Progressive Conservative Brian Mulroney

Political, constitutional, juridical, and socio-cultural aspects of the origins and development of the Canadian State (Part Two): Mark Wegierski argues that Canada has been undergoing revolutionary changes since the 1960s

Political, constitutional, juridical, and socio-cultural aspects of the origins and development of the Canadian State (Part One): Mark Wegierski begins a long series of articles about Canada

The 'Fall of Rome' and the 'Decline of the West': Mark Wegierski offers a sharp-edged look at current-day problems, for the "9/12" crowd

The crisis in art and culture, ten years after '9/11': Mark Wegierski brings attention to the critical importance of the cultural struggle in "the West"

Looking at the structural problems of Canadian conservatism: A conservative infrastructure in the Great White North is still lacking, says Mark Wegierski

The Internet: Boon or bane to serious discourse? (Part Two): Mark Wegierski continues to look at the question, can the Internet generate real resistance to current-day trends, or does it mainly just accentuate them?

The Internet: Boon or bane to serious discourse? (Part One): Mark Wegierski asks, can the Internet generate real resistance to current-day trends, or does it mainly just accentuate them?

A cogent look at Hitler and Stalin – as mega-killers and mutual enablers: Sixty-seven years since the launch of the fateful Warsaw Uprising of 1944, Mark Wegierski offers a somber review of a very important book, Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

A comparison of the prospects of the 'broader right' in Canada and the United States (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at the weakness of the Canadian conservative infrastructures

A comparison of the prospects of the 'broader right' in Canada and the United States (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks at mass education and mass media in both countries

A comparison of the prospects of the 'broader right' in Canada and the United States (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at multiculturalism and varied types of "affirmative-action"-type policies in Canada

A comparison of the prospects of the 'broader right' in Canada and the United States (Part One): Despite the fact that they have formed a majority government in the May election, Mark Wegierski still sees little hope for the Canadian Right

The lost Dominion: Mark Wegierski examines Canada's massive repudiation of its traditions

Some thoughts on the search for balance in society, personality, and romance: As the sultry summer begins, Mark Wegierski looks at the sociology of romance

`Third parties' in Canada (Part Four): Mark Wegierski continues his look at "third parties" in Canada, especially the NDP, which won 103 seats in the 2011 Canadian federal election – thus becoming a "second party"

Third parties' in Canada (Part Three): In this installment of his latest series, Mark Wegierski looks mainly at "third parties" in Western Canada

`Third parties' in Canada (Part Two): Continuing his overview of the outsiders of Canadian politics, Mark Wegierski looks mainly here at "third parties" in Quebec

`Third parties' in Canada (Part One): Mark Wegierski looks at "third parties" in Canada, especially Preston Manning's Reform Party -- which some consider to have effectively become the "first party" in the 2011 Canadian federal election

In search of true federalism in Canada: Old Canada, New Canada, and `Canada Three': As Harper begins policy planning for the Tory majority government, Mark Wegierski argues that an uplifting synthesis of the Old and New Canada is needed

"Death or Victory" now await: Mark Wegierski notes that after winning a parliamentary majority after decades of negativity, the right in Canada now faces a "world-defining" struggle

More to the left – more to the right: In this week following May Day, Mark Wegierski argues that Canada's social-democratic NDP has mostly fallen away from its old roots

Nesting ecological issues within notions of culture and tradition: Mark Wegierski notes some of the affinities between traditionalist and ecological thinking

The longstanding Liberal hegemony in Canada – and the challenges to it: As the 2011 federal election campaign is underway, Mark Wegierski says that the hopes for real change in Canada are rather thin

In Memoriam: Katyn (1940) and Katyn (2010): Oskar Chomicki and Mark Wegierski present a translation from Polish to commemorate the Polish plane tragedy of April 10, 2010

2010

A Bush "post-mortem" – Part Three: With the release of Dubya's new book Decision Points, Mark Wegierski voices again the conservative case against George W. Bush

A Bush "post-mortem" – Part Two: As Dubya releases his book Decision Points, Mark Wegierski re-states the conservative case against George W. Bush

A Bush "post-mortem" – Part One: As Dubya releases his book Decision Points, Mark Wegierski re-articulates the conservative case against George W. Bush

What remains creative in the heritage of Marx's thought -- Part Three: Mark Wegierski argues that the Old Left was largely socially conservative

What remains creative in the heritage of Marx's thought – Part Two: Mark Wegierski applies Marxist class analysis to the Sixties and East-Central Europe

What remains creative in the heritage of Marx's thought – Part One: Just in time for the G8/G20 summits, Mark Wegierski calmly begins his review of Marx's ideas

Some thoughts on Herbert Marcuse vs. Aldous Huxley's Brave New World: Mark Wegierski hypothesizes what Frankfurt School thinker Marcuse could say about Aldous Huxley's dystopia

Some notes on East Asian cosmology, society, and economy – Part Two: Mark Wegierski speculates about the future of China, Japan, and the world

Some notes on East Asian cosmology, society, and economy – Part One: In the first of a two-part series Mark Wegierski looks eastward

2009

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Seventeen – Conclusion: Mark Wegierski asks whether serious SF may play a heuristic role in regard to suggesting different future scenarios

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Sixteen – Canadian Speculative Fiction: Mark Wegierski looks at possible definitions of a distinctly Canadian speculative fiction

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Fifteen – Pop-culture, from aliens to vampires: Mark Wegierski looks at everything from a popular SF role-playing game to several very divergent subgenres of movies

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Fourteen – A variety of films and TV shows: Mark Wegierski looks at a variety of movies and TV shows, including the spy thriller subgenre

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Thirteen – Olaf Stapledon; 1968 cinema; and four women's main speculative worlds:

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Twelve – Grandmasters of SF: Mark Wegierski looks at some writing and films mostly of the 1940s-1980s

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Eleven – The origins of SF and fantasy: Mark Wegierski looks mostly here at H. G. Wells and Fritz Lang's Metropolis

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Ten – Three key works: Mark Wegierski looks at three critically-important dystopias through the eyes of three major works

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Nine – Alternative History: Mark Wegierski looks at the subgenre of uchronia or "counterfactual history"

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Eight – Some antecedents to cyberpunk: Mark Wegierski looks at a subgenre of resistance to late modernity

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Seven – Cyberpunk: Mark Wegierski examines the subgenre of "future shock"

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Six – Some notable SF works: Do SF scenarios presage a possible return to tradition in the future, asks Mark Wegierski

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Five – Dune and current-day reality: Mark Wegierski examines the sociopolitical implications of Frank Herbert's masterwork

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Four – Fantasy in pop-culture; military SF; and space opera: Mark Wegierski looks at a broad variety of genres

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Three – Subgenres of fantasy: Mark Wegierski looks at various fantasy subgenres

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part Two – Utopia, dystopia, fantasy, and reality: Do these genres express a yearning for a better world, Mark Wegierski asks

Traditionalist and libertarian themes in science fiction and fantasy: Part One – The 'selective' nature of today's world: In honor of the Moon landing anniversary, Mark Wegierski begins a multi-week series

Have late modern values and technology made great art impossible?: Part Two: Mark Wegierski searches for signs of hope amid the ruins

Have late modern values and technology made great art impossible?: Part One: Mark Wegierski looks at current-day art as a reflection of current-day societies

Down with the therapeutic left and the managerial right! (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the question, is capitalism conservative?

Down with the therapeutic left and the managerial right! (Part One): Mark Wegierski examines what authentic conservatism and genuine social democracy may hold in common

Star Trek: Cultural vector and Hollywood cash-cow (Part Five): Mark Wegierski wonders where the future of Star Trek – and of the real world – is headed

Star Trek: Cultural vector and Hollywood cash-cow (Part Four): Mark Wegierski looks at Trek's very enthusiastic fans, and at various "alternative-Treks"

Star Trek: Cultural vector and Hollywood cash-cow (Part Three): Mark Wegierski looks again at various aspects of Star Trek's liberalism and notes some real-world parallels

Star Trek: Cultural vector and Hollywood cash-cow (Part Two): Mark Wegierski looks at the less and more liberal aspects of Star Trek, especially in Deep Space 9 and Voyager

Star Trek: Cultural vector and Hollywood cash-cow (Part One): Just in time for the new Trek movie, Mark Wegierski takes a closer look at the whole phenomenon

Space exploration, technology, and the possible futures of humanity: Part Five: Mark Wegierski asks if even a withering of technology may follow the social and cultural decline of some current-day societies

Space exploration, technology, and the possible futures of humanity: Part Four: Mark Wegierski defends nature and history as vital for a truly humane future

Space exploration, technology, and the possible futures of humanity: Part Three: Mark Wegierski asks whether technological advance will be likely to continue if Western civilization collapses

Space exploration, technology, and the possible futures of humanity: Part Two: Mark Wegierski looks at issues of language and religion in the future

Space exploration, technology, and the possible futures of humanity (Part One): Mark Wegierski tries to take a very long-run view of humanity’s future

2008

Work, holidays, leisure, recreation, and the search for meaning in late modernity: Part Three: Mark Wegierski points to the curiously uneven dictates of the current-day "market"

Work, holidays, leisure, recreation, and the search for meaning in late modernity: Part Two: Mark Wegierski criticizes a society of consumption and "de-industrialization"

Work, holidays, leisure, recreation, and the search for meaning in late modernity: Part One: Mark Wegierski begins his look at creative labor and meaningful recreation

Megatrends and megatraumas: Mark Wegierski offers a quick sketch of some of the major world-issues – technology; urbanization and migration; media; tribalism; and violence

The dilemma of hypermodernity and problems of left/right (Part Two): Is there a convergence between the true right and the better aspects of social democracy, asks Mark Wegierski

The dilemma of hypermodernity and problems of left/right (Part One): Mark Wegierski tries to grapple with the conceptual implications of the financial crisis, suggesting there are difficulties with conventional views of Left and Right

Community and identity in late modernity: Part Eight: Mark Wegierski criticizes the so-called "rainbow coalition" approach, but also rejects a "unimodal" view of community

Community and identity in late modernity: Part Seven: Mark Wegierski points to certain dilemmas of current-day Canadian multiculturalism

Community and identity in late modernity: Part Six: Mark Wegierski looks at the question of nations' evolution over time – and if modernity rather than premodernity is more prone to genocide

Community and identity in late modernity: Part Five: Mark Wegierski suggests a dialogue among different definitions of community and identity today

Community and identity in late modernity: Part Four: Is current-day society ruled by a liberal oligarchy, asks Mark Wegierski – and are there similarities between conservative and social democratic critiques of the system

Community and identity in late modernity: Part Three: Mark Wegierski looks at questions of the particular vs. the universal, and at the morality of nations

Community and identity in late modernity: Part Two: Mark Wegierski looks at the discourse of decadence, whether socialization determines people entirely, and "global civil society"

Community and identity in late modernity: Part One: Mark Wegierski begins his sociological-type look at current-day society

Remembering Arthur C. Clarke and 2001: A Space Odyssey: While a brilliant speculative thinker, Clarke’s understanding of the role of religion in history was a bit thin, argues Mark Wegierski

Presidential insurgency-candidacies from 1992 to 2008: Mark Wegierski examines the recent history of insurgent candidates in American elections and wonders if Ron Paul can still have an impact on this election

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