Part One — Confusion in the West: A Conversation With Professors John and Anna Rist

Описание: In this interview for the National Catholic Register (www.ncregister.com) and EWTN GB (www.ewtn.co.uk), Professors John and Anna discuss their new book: "Confusion in the West: Retrieving Tradition in the Modern and Post-Modern World." https://www.amazon.co.uk/Confusion-We...

The book provides a panoramic overview ranging from antiquity to the present-day and explains how the foundational culture of the West, which the authors characterize as the “original tradition,” has been eroded, leading to anxiety about the entire value of Western thought. But the Rists also look into the deeper causes of the confusion, beyond just the Enlightenment which is the focus of many critics of modernity, and examine such ills as modern totalitarianism, liberalism, scientism, consumerism, and prevailing nihilism.

In this first part, they explain why they chose to the write the book, discuss how the decline in education has fomented the confusion; what we can learn from the ancient Greek philosophers in dealing with today’s culture and society; how “scientistic humanism” partly led to the collapse of the original tradition; and how the division between theology and philosophy in the middle of the 12th century, muddled scholasticism, and ultimately disputes over theories about God sowed the seeds for today’s confusion.

Thanks to www.ewtn.co.uk for filming and producing this interview.

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