With due respect to Allan Bloom, who in The Closing of the American Mind(1987) argued that relativism was the modern menace, our problem today is not relativism but identity politics, which seeks to transform all human relations, and all our actions, into a righteous crusade to purge the world of stain. The recovery of “human nature” shielded conservatives against historicism, against relativism. They do not place “Black Lives Matter” signs on their front lawns to affirm human nature they do it so that, through imputation, they may count themselves among the pure and innocent, so that social death will pass them over-and often, so that they can continue to do nothing while wearing the robes of righteousness. Who among them finds nourishment from the fruit of human nature? What they think about, all they care about, is washing away or covering over their indelible stain. This arrangement daily prompts many of our fellow citizens to seek relief from the social death to which their undischargeable guilt condemns them. The indictment would be Christian if the stain arose by virtue of common descent from Adam but this is identity politics, which divides people into groups, ranked in an apartheid scheme from which no Nelson Mandela can liberate us. Yet here we are, buffeted by the winds of identity politics, which rip away fig leaves here but not there, which indict all members of certain groups but no members of other groups, by virtue of the stain of their descent. The fruit they gather to nourish themselves is the fruit called human nature. From these burning rays they together seek shelter, despite their uneasy alliance. The blazing sun of modernity, they both aver, has given us Luther, German idealism, Marx, Nietzsche, historicism, relativism, and progressivism. These two trees have offered protection from the blazing sun of modernity to an academic coalition of Straussians and devout Roman Catholics, quietly at odds with each other over the God Question-not only because Jerusalem and Rome are in communion with the Holy One through different testaments, but because not a few Straussians, avowedly or secretly, are atheists, whereas devout Roman Catholics cannot be. Other conservatives gather in the shade of the tree grown by Alasdair MacIntyre, who concluded that modern man’s real existential alternatives were Aquinas and Nietzsche, the former bringing life, the latter death.
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To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full kg.After almost a century, what fruit has the conservative distinction between nature and history yielded? Many conservatives today gather in the shade of the tree grown by Leo Strauss, who concluded that because modern man had abandoned nature and been seduced by history, all things-including the Nazis-were possible. Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell is weight-based and as per the size of the outer box. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page. When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations. Returns Policy is only applicable for the United Arab Emirates orders.
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