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Barbarians in the Saddle - Intellectual Biography of Richard M. Weaver (Paperback)
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Barbarians in the Saddle - Intellectual Biography of Richard M. Weaver (Paperback)
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Richard M. Weaver was one of the founders of modern conservatism
and an enduring intellectual figure of twentieth-century America.
He was dedicated to examining the dual nature of human beings and
the quest for civilized communities in a corrupted age that
believed in the religion of science and in the "natural goodness"
of man. Weaver's Ideas Have Consequences sowed the seeds for the
traditionalist wing of modern American conservatism. On the brink
of the twenty-first century, the triumph of science and technology
looms larger than ever. Weaver's prophetic writings on post-World
War II Western decline and his visionary talents, however bleak,
can easily extend into many facets of modern life: high divorce
rates, a declining standard of living, the dehumanizing aspects of
a corporate economy, and the destruction of civil communities.
Barbarians in the Saddle is Joseph Scotchie's intellectual
biography of Richard M. Weaver. It is an in-depth study of each of
Weaver's published works and an examination of the significant
influence he had on the formation of conservative America. Ideas
Have Consequences and Visions of Order examine the problem of life
in "megalopolis" where the best of everything is promised to the
restless masses by their leaders and a cradle-to-grave social
security state results in dangerous levels of decadence,
resentment, and the loss of civility and culture. In The Southern
Tradition at Bay and other essays on the American South, Weaver
expresses his preference for the nonmaterialistic, virtuous ethos
of the Old South. Finally, The Ethics of Rhetoric highlights
Weaver's devotion to a discipline increasingly out of favor with
academia. Thirty years after his untimely death, Richard Weaver
remains a heroic figure to many concerned about the state of
American culture and its alienated, rootless conditions. Now a new
generation of leaders can understand the importance of this pioneer
of thought. Barbarians in the Saddle will be of significant value
to political theorists, philosophers, and students of American
civilization.
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