What Is Culture?

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Culture and religion have always had a close bond relationship with each other. Culture has been that domain in which negotiation, in particular, between this possibility of unfettered human liberty and the constraints of the natural world was largely negotiated. And so why we're now having debates over things like transhumanism,. whether there are natural limits to what we should or ought to do. Because, as you point out, we are natural creatures who are a part of naturead, i know youve read his book, but much of what you were writing about made me think of what hei he's worried about and withwith moternity.

Political Scientist and author Patrick Deneen of the University of Notre Dame talks about his book Why Liberalism Failed with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. By liberalism, Deneen means the modern enterprise--the push for self-actualization free of the constraints of tradition, family, and religion that typifies modern culture. He argues that both the left and the right have empowered the state and reduced liberty. He argues for a smaller, more local, more artisanal economy and a return to the virtues of self-control and self-mastery.