Whatever Happened to Tradition?: History, Belonging and the Future of the West

by Tim Stanley

Bloomsbury, £20, 266 pages

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In recent years, the “post-liberal” perspective has dominated religious thought and has also gained a foothold in political circles. The American Catholic journalist Sohrab Ahmari has recently brought such thinking to a wider audience. Now the British Catholic historian and journalist Tim Stanley attempts to do the same, although his focus is usually on cultural politics rather than religion itself.