{"product_id":"the-unbroken-thread-discovering-the-wisdom-of-tradition-in-an-age-of-chaos-hardcover","title":"The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSohrab Ahmari\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe've pursued and achieved the modern dream of defining ourselves--but at what cost? An influential columnist and editor makes a compelling case for seeking the inherited traditions and ideals that give our lives meaning. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ahmari's tour de force makes tradition astonishingly vivid and relevant for the here and now.\"--Rod Dreher, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLive Not by Lies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Benedict Option\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a young father and a self-proclaimed \"radically assimilated immigrant,\" opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari realized that when it comes to shaping his young son's moral fiber, today's America is woefully lacking. For millennia, the world's great ethical and religious traditions have taught that true happiness lies in pursuing virtue and accepting limits. But now, unbound from these stubborn traditions, we are free to choose whichever way of life we think is most optimal--or, more often than not, merely the easiest. All that remains are the fickle desires that a wealthy, technologically advanced society is equipped to fulfill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is a society riven by deep conflict and individual lives that, for all their apparent freedom, are marked by alienation and stark unhappiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn response to this crisis, Ahmari offers twelve questions for us to grapple with--twelve timeless, fundamental queries that challenge our modern certainties. Among them: Is God reasonable? What is freedom for? What do we owe our parents, our bodies, one another? Exploring each question through the lives and ideas of great thinkers, from Saint Augustine to Howard Thurman and from Abraham Joshua Heschel to Andrea Dworkin, Ahmari invites us to examine the hidden assumptions that drive our behavior and, in doing so, to live more humanely in a world that has lost its way.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSohrab Ahmari \u003c\/b\u003eis a founder and editor of \u003ci\u003eCompact: A Radical American Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Previously, he spent nearly a decade at News Corp., as op-ed editor of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e and as a columnist and editor with the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e opinion pages in New York and London. In addition to those publications, his writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCommentary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDissent\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe American Conservative\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he is a contributing editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.2 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768667308320,"sku":"9780593137178","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f81b6d5012e326c14399b7a4b3c26dd2.webp?v=1780334880","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-unbroken-thread-discovering-the-wisdom-of-tradition-in-an-age-of-chaos-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}