The Southern Essays of Richard M. Weaver
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Editor: George M Curtis IIIEditor: James J Thompson Jr
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1987-04-01
ISBN: 0865970580
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.
Book Reviews of The Southern Essays of Richard M. Weaver
Book Review: Penetrating essays by a major Southern thinker
Summary: 5 Stars
Thought by some to be the best Southern thinker since Calhoun, Richard Weaver in these essays sets forth his views on a variety of sujects relating to the South. The fourteen that make up this book discuss Weaver's thoughts on Southern agrarianism, literature, history, education, religion, and politics. In attempting to deal honestly with the strengths and weaknesses of his native region, Weaver helps the average American understand why the South is "different" and that much can be learned from those differences. He deals quite severely with modernism, condemning it in part (interestingly enough) for its view of nature. The difference between the modernist and Southern perspectives on nature? The Southerner sees nature as an inscrutable fellow creation that must be lived alongside. The modernist sees nature as an enemy to be conquered (plus dissected and labeled). But Weaver also readily breaks down illusions about that great citizen of the frog pond, Henry David Thoreau. Weaver goes on to explain why Southern exhibit less interest in analytical learning than Northerners: the deeper truths that interest the Southerner most will not be found by his becoming a shrewd businessman or a successful researcher.
There are a few points of Weaver's with which I might be inclined to disagree, but most are very minor. Readers should understand that because these essays are around fifty years old, they unfortunately cannot deal with the currently popular postmodernism (really a rehashing of the old romantic philosophy: i.e., Wordsworth and Byron). So some of Weaver's criticisms are not completely applicable to today's ideas and must be taken partially as historical commentary. All of the essays, however, provide penetrating insights that are invaluable to anyone who genuinely wants to understand the South.
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