The Decline and Fall of Europe: Chapter 1 of 5
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2008
Professor Bruce Thornton of Cal State Fresno describes a European civilization that after twenty-five centuries is drawing to an end.
He lists the symptoms: Economies are less adaptable and competitive because of an enormous regulatory burden; social welfare entitlements are incredibly expensive; and, demographically, Europeans simply aren’t reproducing.
At the source of this demise is a loss of the foundational belief system that created the West — that created Europe — in the first place...
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About Bruce S. ThorntonBruce S. Thornton is a professor in the classical studies program at California State University Fresno. His latest book, Decline and Fall: Europe’s Slow Motion Suicide, follows (among others) Searching for Joaquin: Myth and History in California, Bonfire of the Humanities, Greek Ways: How the Greeks Created Western Civilization, Humanities Handbook, Plagues of the Mind: The New Epidemic of False Knowledge, and Eros the Killer: The Myth of Ancient Greek Sexuality. He is a frequent guest on talk radio shows across the nation, has lectured at venues such as the Smithsonian Institute, and has appeared on ABC’s Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. He has written numerous essays for a wide variety of publications, including National Review Online, Heterodoxy, the National Herald, Arion, the San Francisco Examiner, American Enterprise, the University Bookman, Religious Studies Review, Intercollegiate Review, the Washington Times, the Los Angeles Times, Helios, and the American Journal of Philology.
About Bruce S. ThorntonBruce S. Thornton is a professor in the classical studies program at California State University Fresno. His latest book, Decline and Fall: Europe’s Slow Motion Suicide, follows (among others) Searching for Joaquin: Myth and History in California, Bonfire of the Humanities, Greek Ways: How the Greeks Created Western Civilization, Humanities Handbook, Plagues of the Mind: The New Epidemic of False Knowledge, and Eros the Killer: The Myth of Ancient Greek Sexuality. He is a frequent guest on talk radio shows across the nation, has lectured at venues such as the Smithsonian Institute, and has appeared on ABC’s Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. He has written numerous essays for a wide variety of publications, including National Review Online, Heterodoxy, the National Herald, Arion, the San Francisco Examiner, American Enterprise, the University Bookman, Religious Studies Review, Intercollegiate Review, the Washington Times, the Los Angeles Times, Helios, and the American Journal of Philology.
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