Barbarians in the saddle
Subtitle: an intellectual biography of Richard M. Weaver
By: Joseph Scotchie.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New Brunswick, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Weaver, Richard M., 1910-1963.; Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Criticism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Civilization, Modern -- 20th century.; Civilization, Western.; Rhetoric -- Philosophy.; United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.; Southern States -- Civilization.
Description: Barbarians in the Saddle is Joseph Scotchie's intellectual biography of Richard M. Weaver. It is an in-depth study of each of Weaver's published works and an examination of the significant influence he had on the formation of conservative America.

Ideas Have Consequences and Visions of Order examine the problem of life in "megalopolis" where the best of everything is promised to the restless masses by their leaders and a cradle-to-grave social security state results in dangerous levels of decadence, resentment, and the loss of civility and culture. In The Southern Tradition at Bay and other essays on the American South, Weaver expresses his preference for the nonmaterialistic, virtuous ethos of the Old South. Finally, The Ethics of Rhetoric highlights Weaver's devotion to a discipline increasingly out of favor with academia.

Barbarians in the Saddle will be of significant value to political theorists, philosophers, and students of American civilization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-157) and index.