Farrell, Thomas2024-07-062024-07-062024This version was not previously published.https://hdl.handle.net/11299/264057See the above abstract.In my 5,700-word review essay "James Davison Hunter's 2024 Book Democracy and Solidarity, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I first succinctly highlight the life and work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter Jackson Ong, Jr. (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). Next, I briefly highlight James Davison Hunter's 2024 book Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America's Political Crisis (Yale University Press). When it comes to cultural analysis, I prefer Ong's work.en-USJames Davison Hunter, Walter J. OngScholarly Text or Essay