Aaron Kushner

Aaron Kushner is a Post-Doc in the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, where he works on the Arizona Constitution Project - a digital journal chronicling the formation of the State of Arizona.
‘The Power of the Dog’ Messages the Urgent Need for Civic Education

‘The Power of the Dog’ Messages the Urgent Need for Civic Education

Thomas Savage’s novel and Jane Campion’s film adaptation of The Power of the Dog depict the danger in Americans’ distrust of civic institutions.

Parasites: Montesquieu on the End of Civic Virtue in a Republic

Parasites: Montesquieu on the End of Civic Virtue in a Republic

Bong Joon-ho's scathing Parasite reflects Montesquieu's critique that the decline of civic virtue causes great social inequality, which then incurs greed, envy, and violence.