Ideas Have Consequences

Originally published in 1948, at the height of post-World War II optimism and confidence in collective security, this title uses "words hard as cannonballs" to present an unsparing diagnosis of the ills of the modern age. It argues that the decline of Western civilization resulted from the rising acceptance of relativism over absolute reality.

About the author

Richard M. Weaver (1910-63) was an American scholar, revered twentieth-century conservative, and professor of English and rhetoric at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including The Ethics of Rhetoric and Visions of Order: The Cultural Crisis of Our Time.

Summary

Originally published in 1948, at the height of post-World War II optimism and confidence in collective security, this title uses "words hard as cannonballs" to present an unsparing diagnosis of the ills of the modern age. It argues that the decline of Western civilization resulted from the rising acceptance of relativism over absolute reality.

Product details

• Authors: Richard M Weaver, Richard M. Weaver, Weaver Richard M.
• Assisted by: Kimball Roger (Foreword), Smith Ted J. (Afterword)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.11.2013
• EAN: 9780226090061
• ISBN: 978-0-226-09006-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 217 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy