Visions of order : the cultural crisis of our time

An essential work from scholar and rhetorician Richard Weaver, a leading figure in the rise of the modern conservative intellectual movement. "In these valuable essays Weaver shows how the decline of the West is traceable to the loss of its ordering vision, and analyzes the forces that have contributed to that loss." - National Review "Visions of Order has attracted a large and growing body of admirers... This should not be surprising. The book includes several of Weaver's best essays... and its analyses of the nature of culture, the limits of science and technology, and the relationship between rhetoric and dialectic are of profound and lasting significance" - Ted J. Smith III, author of Steps Toward Restoration: The Consequences of Richard Weaver's Ideas "Weaver assaults the 'presentism,' scientism, and democratism that are subverting the high old order of our civilization and our human dignity." - Russell Kirk, author of The Conservative Mind Foreword by Russell Kirk Vll Preface by Ted J. Smith III XI ONE The Image of Culture 3 TWO Status and Function 22 THREE The Attack upon Memory 40 FOUR The Cultural Role of Rhetoric 55 FIVE Forms and Social Cruelty 73 SIX A Dialectic on Total War 92 SEVEN Gnostics of Education 113 EIGHT The Reconsideration of Man 134

the Central Focus Of This Book Is The Decline Of Traditional Western Culture And Its Transcendent View Of Man In The Face Of Relentless Attacks By The Force Of Secularism. The Purpose Of The Book Is To Show That The Restoration Of Western Culture Is Both Possible And Desirable.

"This classic work by the author of Ideas Have Consequences boldly examines the Intellectual roots of our current cultural crisis."--Amazon