Friday, October 4, 2019

Elites Against Western Civilization

Elites Against Western Civilization
EXCERPT: With lower levels of cultural literacy and reduced interest in history, the new generation could reprise the intellectual deterioration of the Middle Ages, when, according to Belgian historian Henri Pirenne, “the very mind of man was going through degeneration.” Just as the feudal prelates disdained classical culture, today’s clerisy seeks to unmoor liberal culture and the Western political tradition; nearly 40 percent of young Americans, for example, think that the country lacks “a history to be proud of.” Far smaller numbers than previous generations prize family, religion, or patriotism. (We appear to be living in one of those fulcrum points of history--such as the transition from republic to empire in ancient Rome-that one reads about in history books. Interesting to experience what it feels like from the inside. Bill T.)

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