Ideas Have Consequences, Expanded Edition
by Richard M. Weaver /
2017 / English / PDF
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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.