The fortunes of permanence : culture and anarchy in an age of amnesia / Roger Kimball.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kimball, Roger, 1953-
Language:English
Published: South Bend, Ind. : St. Augustine's Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Social values > United States.
Social change > United States.
Cultural relativism.
United States > Civilization > 21st century.
Civilization, Western > 21st century.
Civilization, Modern > 21st century.
Physical Description:x, 347 pages ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Culture and anarchy in an age of amnesia.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The fortunes of permanence
  • Institutionalizing our demise: America vs. multiculturalism
  • Pericles and the foreseeable future: 9/11 a decade later
  • Rereading John Buchan
  • A dangerous book for boys
  • Rudyard Kipling unburdened
  • G.K. Chesterton: master of rejuvenation
  • Does shame have a future?
  • The consequences of Richard Weaver
  • "Art in crisis"
  • Why the art world is a disaster
  • Architecture & ideology
  • Friends of humanity
  • The death of socialism
  • The power of James Burnham
  • What's wrong with benevolence
  • Malcolm Muggeridge's journey
  • Leszek Kolakowski & the anatomy of totalitarianism
  • Hayek & the intellectuals.