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The Southern tradition at bay a history of postbellum thought

While Richard M. Weaver is best known for the classic Ideas Have Consequences, the foundation of his career was this study of his native South. Calling the Southern tradition "the last non-materialist civilization in the Western world," he traced its roots to feudalism, chivalry, religiosi...

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Main Author: Weaver, Richard M., 1910-1963 (Author)
Other Authors: Gore, George (Editor), Bradford, M. E. 1934-1993 (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Lanham, MD : Regnery Gateway ; Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, ©1989.
Subjects:
Southern States > Intellectual life > 1865-
Southern States > Civilization > 19th century.
Southern States > Civilization > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • I. The heritage
  • The feudal system
  • The code of chivalry
  • The education of the gentleman
  • The older religiousness
  • II. Writing the Apologia
  • The case at law
  • The attack upon secular democracy
  • The particularism of peoples
  • The theory of race
  • III. The testimony of the soldier
  • Why he fought
  • The saga of Confederate valor
  • The Christian warrior
  • The character of the enemy
  • IV. Diaries ad reminiscences of the Second American Revolution
  • The Northern aggressor
  • Southern leadership
  • The class system
  • The courage of the invader
  • The negroes in transition
  • The tragedy of defeat
  • V. Fiction across the chasm
  • Advocates of the old regime
  • The beginnings of critical realism
  • Humorous satire
  • Realism
  • VI. The tradition and its critics
  • The last Confederate offensive
  • The South in the perspective of history
  • The first liberals
  • The South in the nation
  • Epilogue.

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