Harry Oldmeadow: The Betrayal of Tradition

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For millennia humanity has been linked to the Divine through Revelations from which flow rich traditions of wisdom and sacred art. Do these traditions still have significance in the contemporary world? What consequences follow from the rejection of these traditions?

Harry Oldmeadow: The Betrayal of Tradition

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'[Rejecting the modern] destruction of knowledge and the darkening of consciousness ... Harry Oldmeadow has collected in this book twenty-five compelling essays ... from key perennialist authors and other eminent thinkers. Divided into five sections, their responses treat the oppositions between Tradition and Modernity, Perennial Truths and Modern Counterfeits, Social Order, the "Single Vision" of Scientism, and lastly the Destruction of Traditional Cultures ... A work such as The Betrayal of Tradition takes a clear inventory of the times and offers the reader a guide to comprehending the urgency of rediscovering the eternal ...' - Jean Biés, author, philosopher and poet.

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Author	Oldmeadow, Harry
Full Title	The Betrayal of Tradition: Essays on the Spiritual Crisis of Modernity
Binding	Softcover
Publisher	World Wisdom (2005)
Pages	408
ISBN	0941532550
Language	English
Short Description	For millennia humanity has been linked to the Divine through Revelations from which flow rich traditions of wisdom and sacred art. Do these traditions still have significance in the contemporary world? What consequences follow from the rejection of these traditions?
Table of Contents	Introduction: Signs of the Times and the Light of Tradition by Harry Oldmeadow 1. Tradition and Modernity 'No Activity Without Truth' by Frithjof Schuon A Material Civilisation by René Guénon Tradition and the Individual by Brian Keeble India and the Modern World by Kathleen Raine 2. Perennial Truths and Modern Counterfeits Ancient Beliefs or Modern Superstitions: The Search for Authenticity by Rama P. Coomaraswamy Faith and Modernity by Karen Armstrong The Logic of Mystery and the Necessity of Faith by Timothy Scott 'Fundamentalism': A Metaphysical Perspective by M. Ali Lakhani Rudolf Steiner, Anthrosophy, and Tradition by Rodney Blackhirst The Social Order The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality by Ananda Coomaraswamy One for All, All for One: The Individual and the Community in Traditional and Modern Contexts by Patrick Laude Islamic Cosmological Concepts by Fatima Jane Casewit The Desacralisation of Work by Roger Sworder Why Work? by Dorothy Sayers Envisioning the Future by Robert Aitken The 'Single Vision' of Scientism 'Progress' in Retrospect by Wolfgang Smith Spirituality and Science - Convergence or Divergence? by Seyyed Hossein Nasr The Theory of Evolution by Titus Burckhardt Descartes' Angel: Refection on the True Art of Thinking by Theodore Roszak Putting Nature in Her Place by Mary Mindgley Never Say Die ... Without a Cause by Brian Coman The Destruction of Traditional Cultures Make Your Choice by Thomas Yellowtail The Fate of Tibet by Anagarika Govinda Towards a New Dreaming by James Cowan Epilogue by Philip Sherrard Acknowledgments Contributors Biographical Note Index
About the Author	Harry Oldmeadow is one of the most authoritative contemporary writers on the Perennial Philosophy. He is the Coordinator of Philosophy and Religious Studies at La Trobe University (at Bendigo) in Australia, and is the author of numerous articles and books, including Traditionalism: Religion in the Light of the Perennial Philosophy and Journeys East: 20th Century Western Encounters with Eastern Religious Traditions.