Ideas Have Consequences, Expanded Edition

Ideas Have Consequences, Expanded Edition
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[New Foreword and New Afterword - Read by Derek Perkins] This *Updated Edition contains:

This *Updated Edition contains: *New Foreword: ''

*New Foreword: ''Foreword to the Expanded Edition: The Consequences of Richard Weaver

Foreword to the Expanded Edition: The Consequences of Richard Weaver'' by

'' byNew Criterion

New Criterion editor Roger Kimball (2013)

editor Roger Kimball (2013) *New Afterword: ''

*New Afterword: ''How Ideas Have Consequences Came to Be Written

How Ideas Have Consequences Came to Be Written'' by Ted J. Smith III

'' by Ted J. Smith III Originally published in 1948, at the height of post-World War II optimism and confidence in collective security,

Originally published in 1948, at the height of post-World War II optimism and confidence in collective security,Ideas Have Consequences

Ideas Have Consequences uses ''words hard as cannonballs'' to present an unsparing diagnosis of the ills of the modern age. Widely read and debated at the time of its first publication, the book is now seen as one of the foundational texts of the modern conservative movement.

uses ''words hard as cannonballs'' to present an unsparing diagnosis of the ills of the modern age. Widely read and debated at the time of its first publication, the book is now seen as one of the foundational texts of the modern conservative movement. In its pages, 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.

In its pages, 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

This expanded edition of the classic work contains a foreword by

a foreword byNew Criterion

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.

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.

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