Ideas Have Consequences
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Frederick Davidson
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Originally published in 1948, at the height of post-World War II optimism and confidence in collective security, Ideas Have Consequences uses "words hard as cannonballs" to present an unsparing diagnosis of the ills of the modern age. The book is now seen as one of the foundational texts of the modern conservative movement.
In it, Richard M. Weaver argues that the decline of Western civilization resulted from the rising acceptance of relativism over absolute reality. In spite of increased knowledge, this retreat from the realist intellectual tradition has weakened the Western capacity to reason, with catastrophic consequences for social order and individual rights. But Weaver also offers a realistic remedy. These difficulties are the product not of necessity, but of intelligent choice. And, today, as decades ago, the remedy lies in the renewed acceptance of absolute reality and the recognition that ideas - like actions - have consequences. This expanded edition of the classic work contains a foreword by New Criterion editor Roger Kimball that offers insight into the rich intellectual and historical contexts of Weaver and his work, and an afterword by Ted J. Smith III that relates the remarkable story of the book's writing and publication.
©1948, 2013 The University of Chicago. Foreword copyright 2013 by Roger Kimball. (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.What listeners say about Ideas Have Consequences
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-06-06
Piffle
This is a painful, pedantic, word-salad of incomplete thoughts woven into a fine tapestry of jibber-jabber.
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- Alex Ogle
- 2020-06-28
Brute force analysis of the world
This is written in the world of post Second World War II America. It rings true today. I'd recommend a serving of this with a side-order of the lectures and writings of Yuri Bezmenov.
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