Ideas Have Consequences Audiobook By Richard M. Weaver, Roger Kimball - foreword, Ted J. Smith III - afterword, Derek Perkins cover art
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by Richard M. Weaver

  • Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
  • Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
  • Release date: 06-06-17
  • Language: English

Originally published in 1948, at the height of post-World War II optimism and confidence in collective security, Ideas Have Consequences uses “words hard as cannonballs” to present an unsparing diagnosis of the ills of the modern age. The book is now seen as one of the foundational texts of the modern conservative movement.

In it, 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 a foreword by 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.

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Author

Derek Perkins, Richard M. Weaver, Roger Kimball – foreword, Ted J. Smith III – afterword

Language

English

Length

7 hrs and 58 mins

Narrated by

Frederick Davidson

Release date

06-06-17

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