{"product_id":"jackson-alan-precious-memories-1-dvd-dvd-0617884934798","title":"JACKSON, ALAN - PRECIOUS MEMORIES (1 DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard 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 \u003cem\u003eIdeas Have Consequences \u003c\/em\u003esowed 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 I 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBarbarians in the Saddle \u003c\/em\u003eis 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. \u003cem\u003eIdeas Have Consequences \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eVisions of Order \u003c\/em\u003eexamine 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Southern Tradition at Bay \u003c\/em\u003eand other essays on the American South, Weaver expresses his preference for the nonmaterialistic, virtuous ethos of the Old South. Finally, \u003cem\u003eThe Ethics of Rhetoric \u003c\/em\u003ehighlights Weaver's devotion to a discipline increasingly out of favor with academia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty 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. \u003cem\u003eBarbarians in the Saddle \u003c\/em\u003ewill be of significant value to political theorists, philosophers, and students of American civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49813913108753,"sku":"DVDB072ZQ1JD8VG","price":8.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B072ZQ1JD8.jpg?v=1751033818","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/products\/jackson-alan-precious-memories-1-dvd-dvd-0617884934798","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}