Defunct Newspapers Journals TV channels Websites Other Congressional caucuses Economics Gun rights Identity politics Nativist Religion Watchdog groups Youth/student groups Miscellaneous Other Patrick J. Deneen (born 1964) is an American political theorist and author, known for his critical examination of liberalism and its effect on contemporary society.

He began his doctoral work in political science at the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought, studying there for one year before returning to Rutgers in 1995.

[5] From 1995 to 1997, Deneen was a speechwriter and special advisor to Joseph Duffey, the director of the United States Information Agency, appointed by President Clinton.

[7] Deneen was founding director of the Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy housed in the Government Department at Georgetown University from 2006 to 2012.

I don’t agree with most of the author’s conclusions, but the book offers cogent insights into the loss of meaning and community that many in the West feel, issues that liberal democracies ignore at their own peril.

"[13] Deneen's 2023 book Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future, discusses how liberalism can be replaced with a form of post-liberal conservatism that strives for the "common good".

Writers at that Web site, and at the temperamentally aligned Front Porch Republic, treasure tight communities and local bonds.

"[19] Deneen has cited a number of influences for his form of Catholic communitarianism, including his doctoral advisor Wilson Carey McWilliams,[20] Wendell Berry, Christopher Lasch, and Alexis de Tocqueville.

"[22] In September 2019 Deneen lectured on "The Crisis of Democracy" in the Senate of the Czech Republic as part of an international conference arranged by the voting reform group Institute H21.