From the Center The Center for Western Studies
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- Sociedade e cultura
Discussions about ideas, the arts, and culture, with Director John Hodges with friends and faculty of the Center for Western Studies.
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Flannery Does It Again: Revelation
In this episode, our culture samplers dive into another of Flannery O'Connors great short stories, REVELATION. In it we compare Mrs. Turpin with Mrs. May of GREENLEAF, and the point of pride that tempts us all to judge one another.
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Flannery O'Connor's GREENLEAF Discussed
In this episode, Director Hodges, and co-host Ben discuss the great Flannery O'Connor short story GREENLEAF. If you have not read it, we suggest that you take the 20 minutes to read it before you listen, as we give spoilers...who is this Mrs. May, and does she see the world correctly?
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Where Does Evil Lie? A Discussion of Conrad's HEART OF DARKNESS
Director Hodges and co-host Ben Cumming discuss Joseph Conrad's book HEART OF DARKNESS and address the death of Romanticism and the beginning of the 20th century.
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First and Second Things: The Foundation of Civilization
In this episode, Director Hodges and Ben finish off the long series that has investigated the elements of civilization, and come to some conclusions about how we might best preserve ours. Hint: it is not by aiming to preserve civilization...
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Civilization and Reformation: Jordan Peterson Corroborates CWS!
Jordan Peterson doesn't know us from Adam, but he gave a precise rendering of the points we have been making since last October about the need to recognize Faith as the basis for any rational activity. Director Hodges and Ben discuss "those cheeky French" and how their modern ideas have led the West away from the rich legacy of the Middle Ages where they themselves used to reign. And the discussion leads to how to approach saving Western Civilization.
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What DO They Teach Them in These Schools?
Here is a speech Director Hodges gave for a fund raising dinner for Classical Education. It places education in the ongoing discussion about civilization and culture. Education is how we pass on the insights of our forefathers to our children, and the best way to do that is through a recovery of the lost telos of education.