Episode · The Megyn Kelly Show · 2023-02-14
Books mentioned on America's "Reality Crisis," and Free Speech and Censorship Today, with Spencer Klavan, Will Chamberlain, and Kate Tummarello | Ep. 493
Megyn Kelly is joined by Spencer Klavan, author of "How to Save the West," to talk about moral truths in today's society, God and spirituality, America's "reality crisis," giving over the power of "true vs.
Megyn Kelly recommended How to Save the West by Spencer A. Klavan. Spencer Klavan discussed Gender Trouble by Judith Butler, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, Politics, and Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to Save the West
How to Save the West by Spencer A.
Recommended“he is the host of The Young Heretics podcast and author of the new book out today which I highly highly recommend to you how to save the West ancient wisdom for five modern crises”
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Gender Trouble
Gender Trouble by Judith Butler is a foundational work of feminist and queer theory that challenges traditional assumptions about sex, gender, and identity.
Discussed“whatever else that is it's definitely an Article of Faith right it's definitely a profession of something that you some spiritual idea that you believe rather than you know some scientific objective facts that everybody has to accept tomorrow or else you're a bigot and you're just ignorant and wrong right um these are these are spiritual claims”
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The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R.
Discussed“but I always think about this moment in Lord of the Rings of all places which uh where where Frodo says I wish the ring had never come to me Gandalf the wise wizard says so do all who live to see such times”
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Politics
Politics by Aristotle is a foundational ancient Greek treatise examining the organization, ethics, and structures of human society and government.
Discussed“and Aristotle who's one of the great thinkers on this topic in his politics he says there's three ways that you can organize this there's three ways that you can arrange the system uh fundamentally one is monarchy one person rules right another is aristocracy the best a few people Rule and they're the best people”
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Discourses on Livy
Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli is a foundational work of political philosophy that examines the mechanics of republican government, institutional stability, and the historical lessons of the Roman Empire.
Discussed“but he has a book that discourses on Livy it was a really beautiful examination of the great Roman historian Livi”
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“and so I wrote this book how to save the West because I wanted people to have access to some of that stuff have ownership over this wisdom that comes down to us from Athens and Jerusalem so that we can answer some of these questions that are being raised”
“Machiavelli who's somebody that not maybe not everybody will be familiar with as you know the the great theorist of republics they think of him as the kind of real politics scheming you know author of The Prince”