Juvenescence: Robert Pogue Harrison on Cultural Age
Robert Pogue Harrison argues that Western culture is on the cusp of a new mode of civilization that can either result in a rejuvenation of the legacies of the past or in their juvenilization, the latter of which would lead to a loss of cultural memory and the infantilization of desires. (47 minutes)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 129
FEATURED GUESTS:
Nicholas Carr, Robert Pogue Harrison, R. J. Snell, Norman Wirzba, Philip Zaleski, Carol Zaleski, and Peter Phillips
Transforming the world into an orphanage
Robert Pogue Harrison on the tragedy of our systemic callowness