# Sohrab Ahmari Iranian-American journalist, Catholic convert, and founding editor of [[Compact Magazine]]. One of the most combative voices in the [[Catholic Post-Liberalism]] wing of [[the New Right]]. His 2019 essay "Against David French-ism" became a defining manifesto for the New Right's rejection of civil, procedural conservatism in favor of aggressive cultural warfare. ## Role in the New Right Ahmari is the **culture-war accelerant** within the post-liberal faction. Where [[Patrick Deneen]] provides philosophical scaffolding and [[Adrian Vermeule]] provides legal theory, Ahmari provides the polemical energy — the argument that polite, liberal-proceduralist conservatism (embodied by figures like [[David French]]) is not just insufficient but complicit in civilizational decline. ## Key Positions & Writings - **"Against David French-ism" (2019):** The essay that drew battle lines within the right. Argued that conservatives must abandon procedural liberalism and instead fight to "re-order the public square to the common good" — using state power to impose moral order, not just protect individual rights. - **"The Unbroken Thread" (2021):** A defense of tradition and religious authority against modern liberal individualism. - **Compact Magazine (2022-):** Co-founded with Matthew Schmitz and Edwin Aponte. Attempts a post-liberal left-right synthesis: anti-woke AND anti-corporate, pro-worker AND anti-liberal. ## Connections - [[Patrick Deneen]] — Intellectual ally in the post-liberal project - [[Adrian Vermeule]] — Fellow integralist traveler - [[Yoram Hazony]] — NatCon network; Ahmari speaks at NatCon conferences - [[JD Vance]] — Part of the Catholic post-liberal milieu that shaped Vance's political evolution ## See Also - [[Catholic Post-Liberalism]] - [[Compact Magazine]] - [[Patrick Deneen]] - [[Adrian Vermeule]] - [[The New Right Ecosystem]]