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The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

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The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

By: Carl R. Trueman
Narrated by: Carl R. Trueman, Rod Dreher
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Modern culture is obsessed with identity.

Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in 2015, sexual identity has dominated both public discourse and cultural trends — yet no historical phenomenon is its own cause. From Augustine to Marx, various views and perspectives have contributed to the modern understanding of the self.

In this timely audiobook, Carl Trueman analyzes the development of the sexual revolution as a symptom — rather than the cause — of the human search for identity. Trueman surveys the past, brings clarity to the present, and gives guidance for the future as Christians navigate the culture in humanity’s ever-changing quest for identity.

©2020 Carl R. Trueman (P)2020 Crossway Christian Living Christianity Church & State Ethics Philosophy Religious Studies Social Issues Socialism Inspiring Capitalism Modern Self
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There are many takeaways from this book, including the role of poetry and art in shaping our cultures. His comments on death works are so enlightening.

A great overview of the philosophical foundation behind our current (anti) culture

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Full of useful information and considerations glad I took the time to listen. Would consider listening again.

very knowledgeable.

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If you have ever wondered how our culture and the West, in particular, has got to where we are today, READ THIS BOOK! The topics discussed in here, and how they've evolved over time to this point, are explained in such a thorough manner that I would argue if you pay close enough attention, you'll never again be left scratching your head at what has happened at nearly every level of our society. "The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self" is an incredibly enlightening read--a "Triumph" of modern scholarship unmatched by any other "academic" writing in recent history that I've had the pleasure of reading. Inform yourself today and stop living in the dark.

The most important book for our time

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Highly recommend this book, gives insight as to how we arrived with the present zeitgeist. Carl Truman offers a lot of information which you can research further.

Insightful

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Insightful and illuminating regarding our current situation and how we got here, as well as what we can do.

Masterpiece

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This book hindered me from reading one book per week this year. I bought the book and I also listened to it on audio and still had to keep going back to certain parts of it. Every paragraph is densely packed with profundity. Excellent cultural and philosophical analyses!

Best book of the year!

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this book has many many references and follows a detailed history that makes me as a reader want to have the print version of the book in front of me as I'm listening. this book is on the academic side it carefully lays out a detailed history and argument for the evolution of the psychological man that is present in our modern thinking today. The listener will come away with a basic understanding of how our modern view of self came to be over the last hundred

Powerful

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A little dry at the beginning, but well worth the framework of knowledge. Well done.

Amazing

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Very dense, but incredibly insightful and useful in understanding how we arrived where we are today and why certain cultural themes hold water

Excellent overview of the modern West

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This book it just necessary to navigate the current times. it lights the road to where we are now with outstanding arguments and intelectual knowledge of past currents of thought

I could not be more gratefull for this book. it is a incredible tool for dicerment in a world of the highly subjective.

Thanks for this incredible work.


One of the most important books of this time

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