Is It a False Conception That We Make Ourself?

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i agree that our sense of self as the tabulariss o blank slates, clearly is just a fantasy, an illusion. i think there's something to it, which is, ok, weve had all these institutions before e. The family was stronger, a ore, people religious, a local community and norms imposed by that community were much more powerful. But those were bad institutions. They were patriarchal, they were sexes, they were races, they were homophobic. We have to, we had to get rid of those, because all the liberation that they promised and able to achieve were only for a small set of people. And it's better now. Of course, it's imperfect

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.