Mark Wegierski
Mark Wegierski is a Toronto-based writer and historical researcher. He holds a BA(Hons), MA, MLS, and Certificate in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto, and a Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing from Humber College (Toronto). He has been published in Canadian and American popular publications, such as Alberta Report, Chronicles, and The World & I, as well as American and Polish scholarly journals. He has also appeared in Canadian and U.S. mass circulation newspapers, including Calgary Herald, Ottawa Citizen, and Providence Journal (RI). Furthermore, he has appeared in Polish, British, and German publications, including Arcana (Krakow), Salisbury Review, and the revived Quarterly Review.
Bio last updated April 30th, 2018.
Articles by Mark Wegierski
What's Right About Leo Strauss
By Mark Wegierski
August 1, 2014
Mark Wegierski reviews Grant Havers’ Leo Strauss and Anglo-American Democracy
Havers holds that Strauss downplays the importance of Christianity in constituting modern liberalism, thus cutting away what could be seen as the ultimate grounding for many notions of rights — rights that current-day Anglo-American societies view as self-evident As Christianity increasingly atrophies from the Anglo-American societies, Havers believes, people will find themselves increasingly at a loss to justify notions of human rights, as attested by the vast number of abortions in current Anglo-American societies Current-day Anglo-American societies are far more anti-conservative, anti-traditionalist and anti-patriotic than would appear to be the case from Havers' book