Out of the ashes, rebuilding American culture, Anthony M. Esolen
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Out of the ashes, rebuilding American culture, Anthony M. Esolen
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non fiction
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Out of the ashes
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Anthony M. Esolen
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rebuilding American culture
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"Blunt and prophetic, [the author] makes the case that the decay of Western civilization is alarmingly advanced. Our sickly, sub-pagan state resembles a bombed-out city. We have to assess the damage, but merely lamenting it does no good. There is work to be done."--Jacket flap
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Introduction : the rubble -- Giving things their proper names : the restoration of truth-telling -- Except the Lord build the house : restoring a sense of beauty -- A mind is a terrible thing to baste : restoring the school -- Man by nature desires to know : rebuilding the college -- Repudiating the sexual revolution : restoring manhood -- Restoring womanhood : building homes, not houses -- Work while it is yet day : making good things again -- Playing upon the waters : bringing play back to life -- Idiots no more : recovering the polis -- Pilgrims, returning home
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