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The Right Side of History : How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great by Ben Shapiro (2020, Trade Paperback)

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A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Human beings have never had it better than we have it now in the West. So why are we on the verge of throwing it all away? In 2016, New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro spoke at the University of California-Berkeley. Hundreds of police officers were required to protect his speech. What was so frightening about Shapiro? He came to argue that Western civilization is in the midst of a crisis of purpose and ideas; that we have let grievances replace our sense of community and political expediency limit our individual rights; that we are teaching our kids that their emotions matter more than rational debate; and that the only meaning in life is arbitrary and subjective. As a society, we are forgetting that almost everything great that has ever happened in history happened because of people who believed in both Judeo-Christian values and in the Greek-born power of reason. In The Right Side of History , Shapiro sprints through more than 3,500 years, dozens of philosophers, and the thicket of modern politics to show how our freedoms are built upon the twin notions that every human being is made in God's image and that human beings were created with reason capable of exploring God's world. We can thank these values for the birth of science, the dream of progress, human rights, prosperity, peace, and artistic beauty. Jerusalem and Athens built America, ended slavery, defeated the Nazis and the Communists, lifted billions from poverty, and gave billions more spiritual purpose. Yet we are in the process of abandoning Judeo-Christian values and Greek natural law, watching our civilization collapse into age-old tribalism, individualistic hedonism, and moral subjectivism. We believe we can satisfy ourselves with intersectionality, scientific materialism, progressive politics, authoritarian governance, or nationalistic solidarity. We can't. The West is special, and in The Right Side of History , Ben Shapiro bravely explains how we have lost sight of the moral purpose that drives each of us to be better, the sacred duty to work together for the greater good, .

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062857916
ISBN-13
9780062857910
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20038260636

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Book Title
Right Side of History : How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great
Author
Ben Shapiro
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Civilization, Sociology / General, United States / General, Religion, Politics & State, Sociology of Religion
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Religion, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
7.3 Oz

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"As an ideological refresher on what the West got right, Shapiro's book gets the job done." -- The Washington Post Shapiro cavorts through 3,000 years of intellectual history in the span of about 250 pages, offering a perspicuous, "user-friendly" dive into some of our civilization's biggest ideas. -- The Washington Examiner "Ben Shapiro knows the power of his voice. He stands up and fights for what he believes with time-tested ideas. The Right Side of History is thoughtful and well-reasoned - exactly what Shapiro's critics don't want you to hear." -- Nikki Haley, former premanent representative of the U.S. Mission of the United Nations
Dewey Decimal
306.0973
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23

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