Plagues of the Mind
The New Epidemic of False Knowledge
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Bruce S Thornton | ISBN: | 9781497648937 |
| Publisher: | Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ORD) | Publication: | May 13, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Intercollegiate Studies Institute | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bruce S Thornton |
| ISBN: | 9781497648937 |
| Publisher: | Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ORD) |
| Publication: | May 13, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Intercollegiate Studies Institute |
| Language: | English |
A stirring and sobering diagnosis of the challenges that confront anyone laboring to renew America’s tradition of ordered liberty. Classicist Bruce Thornton’s Plagues of the Mind is a forceful vindication of the West’s tradition of rational, critical inquiry—a legacy now largely jettisoned in favor of a host of new deities, environmentalism, feminism, primitivism, New Age, and the cult of the therapeutic among them.
A stirring and sobering diagnosis of the challenges that confront anyone laboring to renew America’s tradition of ordered liberty. Classicist Bruce Thornton’s Plagues of the Mind is a forceful vindication of the West’s tradition of rational, critical inquiry—a legacy now largely jettisoned in favor of a host of new deities, environmentalism, feminism, primitivism, New Age, and the cult of the therapeutic among them.
