No Apologies, Anthony M. Esolen
No Apologies, Anthony M. Esolen
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No Apologies
Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men

Author: Anthony M. Esolen

Narrator: John McLain

Unabridged: 6 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/24/2022


Synopsis

No more apologies for being a man! Bestselling social commentator Anthony Esolen draws on timeless wisdom to defend the masculine virtues of strength, drive, ambition, and determination in building and upholding civilization itself.It’s time to end the apology tour for traditional masculinity. A generation of young men and boys are being raised in self-loathing, taught that the core of their identity as men is not only abhorrent, but the fountainhead of humanity’s ills.In No Apologies, veteran author and professor Anthony Esolen issues a powerful defense of the virtues of masculine strength. From the thankless brute force that erected buildings, paved roads, and cleared ground, to the boundless energy of youth that compelled centuries of global exploration, to the father’s embodied authority as protector, director, and exemplar of law and justice, Esolen shows how civilization has rested upon the strength of men.Wizened, accessible, and powerfully articulated, Esolen draws on two millennia of historical thought, citing giants like Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, Twain, Solzhenitsyn, and others in a vigorous and timely defense of the masculine ethos.

About Anthony M. Esolen

Anthony Esolen is the author of numerous books, including Out of the Ashes and Nostalgia, and has published translations of Dante, Tasso, and Lucretius. He is Writer-in-Residence at Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts in New Hampshire.

About John McLain

John McLain is an award-winning storyteller with over 200 audiobook credits. He delights in narrating across many genres: detective noir, suspense and thrillers, westerns, nonfiction, biography, and more. John is a SOVAS Voice Arts Award winner, a two-time nominee for the prestigious Audie Award, and a winner of the Audiobook Reviewer Listeners' Choice Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter

A great book on how the world we know came about because of men. What sets Esolen apart from other writers in this genre is his knowledge, as well as his word craft. He has an extended section on Roman aqueducts that is spell binding while at the same time building his case. He has so much insight i......more

Goodreads review by Ben

A few years ago, the American Psychological Association stated that "traditional masculinity - marked by stoicism, competitiveness, dominance and aggression is undermining men's well-being." In order to rid men, and the rest of society, of this toxin, manliness - defined as "a particular constellati......more

Goodreads review by Luke

“A manly religion acknowledges what is sacred, what is not to be touched with profane hands, and in the light of that respect for sacred space, women and men both can flourish; but an effeminate religion loses the sense of the sacred, will not discipline itself, flees from suffering, grows flabby an......more

Goodreads review by Becky

What a fantastic book. Highly recommended for Christian women who believe that God’s design for men and women, as plainly taught in the Holy Scriptures, is very good. And especially recommended for moms of boys!......more

Goodreads review by Matthew

Here is the smell of burning marshwiggle piercing through the stupefying haze of feminism all around us. I could do without the excurses on etymology, and no doubt there will be carping from Esolen’s ideological opponents about this or that point, but he has achieved the main thing: a cri du coeur a......more


Quotes

“No Apologies is a broadside against the culture of resentment and hatred for nature and nature’s God and is a passionate call for young men to take up the challenge of masculinity again.” Jesse Russell, the European Conservative

“Anthony Esolen is one of our nation’s best writers because he’s one of our best thinkers…eloquent, bold, insightful, profound.” Ryan T. Anderson, bestselling author