Episode · Timcast IRL · 2021-06-12
Books mentioned on Timcast IRL #307 - Political Catholicism Vs. Cultural Marxism w/Sohrab Amari & Seamus
Tim, Ian, and Lydia join author and commentator Sohrab Ahmari to discuss the roots of critical theory, how wokeness is infecting the economy, universal healthcare, Twitter's monopoly, and the idea that liberalism contains the seeds of its own destruction. Learn more about your ad choices.
Tim Pool discussed The Unbroken Thread by Sohrab Ahmari. Sohrab Ahmari discussed The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper and Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick J. Deneen.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Unbroken Thread
The Unbroken Thread by Sohrab Ahmari is a thought-provoking examination of traditional wisdom, moral values, and how ancient principles can help navigate the chaos of modern life.
Discussed“today is saurabh amari author of the unbroken thread thank you thanks for having me do you want to just do a quick introduction for who you are yeah sure so uh in my day job i'm the op-ed editor of the new york post and on the side i write books and most recently um i wrote this book”
Where to get it
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The Open Society and Its Enemies
The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper is a renowned philosophical defense of liberal democracy and critical rationalism against totalitarian ideologies.
Discussed“he wrote a book called the uh the open society and its enemies and i i i've always wanted to write a book called the closed society”
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Why Liberalism Failed
Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick J.
Discussed“and it continues to be as my friend patrick deneen argues that wonderful book why liberalism failed it's not the case that it's we we face a battle between individualism and statism or attention between those two”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“i write books and most recently um i wrote this book the unbroken thread discovering the wisdom of tradition in an age of chaos which is a book i wrote for my four-year-old son although when i started writing the book he was two”
“i mean this is why i wrote this book basically i um you know i have the son he's he's four years old now he's used to when i started writing it and you know i guess i'm just worried about the kind of man our civilization will chisel out of him”