Having never been modernist, they cannot rightly be rejected or dismissed in the company of views which they had themselves effectively criticized. A forceful and engaging book. The modern period, beginning with the European Renaissance, spawned many developments, not just the modernist one in terms of which the tradition has been read. From the standpoint of the highroad around modernism, both modernism and post-modernism look like nothing more than two late modern movements, perhaps too preoccupied with themselves and their historical place to engage a swiftly changing world containing more than the Western tradition. I think this is in all respects an exceptionally good book.
Few authors are able to use tradition originally as has been done here.
Moreover, the book has the potential to mark an important historical turn in late twentieth century thinking. Others have attempted a rescue, but none so brilliantly as Neville.