{"title":"Tim Stanley","description":"\u003cp\u003eTim Stanley's works explore complex themes surrounding tradition, culture, and society with clarity and insight. His writing often challenges contemporary narratives, inviting readers to reconsider the role of established values in modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e category, Stanley's books are thoughtful resources for those keen to deepen their understanding of cultural history and social discourse. Expect engaging analysis that provokes reflection on how tradition shapes our world today.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"whatever-happened-to-tradition-by-tim-stanley-9781399404877","title":"Whatever Happened to Tradition?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe West feels lost. Brexit, Trump, the coronavirus: we hurtle from one crisis to another, lacking definition, terrified that our best days are behind us.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe central argument of this book is that we can only face the future with hope if we have a proper sense of tradition – political, social and religious. We ignore our past at our peril. The problem, argues Tim Stanley, is that the Western tradition is anti-tradition, that we have a habit of discarding old ways and old knowledge, leaving us uncertain how to act or, even, of who we really are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this wide-ranging book, we see how tradition can be both beautiful and useful, from the deserts of Australia to the court of nineteenth-century Japan. Some of the concepts defended here are highly controversial in the modern West: authority, nostalgia, rejection of self and the hunt for spiritual transcendence. We’ll even meet a tribe who dress up their dead relatives and invite them to tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStanley illustrates how apparently eccentric yet universal principles can nurture the individual from birth to death, plugging them into the wider community, and creating a bond between generations. He also demonstrates that tradition, far from being pretentious or rigid, survives through clever adaptation, that it can be surprisingly egalitarian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe good news, he argues, is that it can also be rebuilt. It’s been done before. The process is fraught with danger, but the ultimate prize of rediscovering tradition is self-knowledge and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47601311416556,"sku":"9781399404877","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5dd4e86f1d6f869e9eed45ab31dc14ad.jpg?v=1778036704"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/tim-stanley.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}