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#391 - Tim Stanley - Why Are We Yearning For Tradition In 2021?

Modern Wisdom

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You Say That the West Is at War With Its Own History

You say that the west is at war with its own history. Modern culture encourages us to examine our ancestors with scepticism, even contempt. Why does it do that? It partly it's an inheritance of this eighteenth century scepticism,. The desire to start again which is reflected in the french revolution and all revolution sinse ci. This idea that we got this baggage hanging on us, and we need to get rid of that baggage.

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