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American Odyssey: What an Ancient Story Reveals about Our Divided Souls
How the Odyssey illuminatesthe two sides of the American mind, from one of our most influential cultural...
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How the Odyssey illuminates
the two sides of the American mind, from one of our most influential cultural commentators.
Author: Patrick J. Deneen
Publisher: Creed & Culture
Published: 07/21/2026
Pages: 198
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781967613328
About the Author
Deneen, Patrick J.: - Patrick J. Deneen is Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught since 2012. He is the author or editor of nine books, including the bestselling Why Liberalism Failed, which has been translated into over twenty languages and was recommended by former President Barack Obama. Deneen is the author or editor of eight books and dozens of articles on a wide range of subjects. He taught previously at Princeton University and Georgetown University and served as Special Assistant and Speechwriter for the Director of the United States Information Agency from 2005 to 2007.
the two sides of the American mind, from one of our most influential cultural commentators.
The Odyssey is among the oldest-known written works. Yet it is somehow profoundly contemporary. Its themes are inescapably human: the desire to strike out for new adventures; the aspiration to be more than human; the temptation to wallow in beastlike torpor; the impulse to exact vengeance; the possibility that mercy might bring a violent cycle to an end.
Surprisingly, as the celebrated political philosopher Patrick Deneen explains in this eye-opening book, the Odyssey is also the most American of ancient texts. Like Odysseus, Americans have two fundamental impulses: we are a people simultaneously animated by commitments to being at home and leaving home. Deneen shows us that the deep ambivalence at the heart of the Odyssey is also our own--as some of our greatest books and films attest, from Huckleberry Finn to The Wizard of Oz to Field of Dreams to It's a Wonderful Life.
The coincidence of the United States semiquincentennial and the release of the blockbuster film The Odyssey affords a remarkable opportunity to explore the deep similarities between the ancient Greek epic and the American character. With his characteristic insight, Deneen reveals how Americans' Western inheritance contains a paradox, and a set of tensions, that remain at the core of our divided souls.
Author: Patrick J. Deneen
Publisher: Creed & Culture
Published: 07/21/2026
Pages: 198
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781967613328
About the Author
Deneen, Patrick J.: - Patrick J. Deneen is Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught since 2012. He is the author or editor of nine books, including the bestselling Why Liberalism Failed, which has been translated into over twenty languages and was recommended by former President Barack Obama. Deneen is the author or editor of eight books and dozens of articles on a wide range of subjects. He taught previously at Princeton University and Georgetown University and served as Special Assistant and Speechwriter for the Director of the United States Information Agency from 2005 to 2007.
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