In Defense of Tradition - by Richard M Weaver (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Richard M. Weaver, a thinker and writer celebrated for his unsparing diagnoses and realistic remedies for the ills of our age, is known largely through a few of his works that remain in print.

This new collection of Weaver's shorter writings, assembled by Ted J. Smith III, Weaver's leading biographer, presents many long-out-of-print and never-before-published works that give new range and depth to Weaver's sweeping thought.

Ted J. Smith III was Professor of Mass Communications at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Review Quotes

Until now, a scholarly edition of Richard M. Weaver's writings has been lacking. Edited by Virginia Commonwealth University professor Ted J. Smith III, this splendid volume from Liberty Fund, also the publisher of The Southern Essays of Richard M. Weaver (1987), goes far in rectifying that deficiency. Smith presents all of Weaver's published shorter writings (except for those in The Southern Essays, and one early essay, apparently lost), plus eleven previously unpublished essays and speeches which were in nearly final form when Weaver died. Thus "all of Weaver's published and significant unpublished writings except his composition texts are now available in book form". . . .Handsomely crafted and superbly edited, In Defense of Tradition is an invaluable contribution to scholarship and to the study and understanding of one of conservatism's greatest minds. More than that, it facilitates access to one of the most discerning and illuminating explorers of the modern human predicament. This landmark in conservative publishing belongs in the hands of every concerned observer of our time.

Modern Age
Spring 2003