Whats Wrong with the World, G. K. Chesterton
Whats Wrong with the World, G. K. Chesterton
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Whats Wrong with the World

Author: G. K. Chesterton

Narrator: Bernard Mayes

Unabridged: 6 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/14/2014

Synopsis

In this important book, G.K. Chesterton offers a remarkably perceptive analysis of social and moral issues, even more relevant today than in his own time. With a light, humorous tone but a deadly serious philosophy, he comments on errors in education, on feminism vs. true womanhood, on the importance of the child, and other issues, using incisive arguments against the trendsetters assaults on the common man and the family. Chesterton possessed the genius to foresee the dangers of implementing modernist proposals. He knew that lax moral standards would lead to the dehumanization of man. In this book, he staunchly defends the family against those ideas and institutions that would subvert it and thereby deliver man into the hands of the servile state. In addressing what is wrong, he also shows clearly what is right, and how to change things in that direction.

About G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography,Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton is well known for his reasoned apologetics, and even those who disagree with him have recognized the universal appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox" Christian and came to identify such a position with Catholicism more and more, eventually converting to Roman Catholicism. George Bernard Shaw, Chesterton's "friendly enemy" according to Time magazine, said of him, "He was a man of colossal genius."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Majenta on June 03, 2016

"...to begin everything with the weather is a sort of pagan way of beginning everything with prayer." ("Location 746" on my Kindle.) That character from FRASIER springs to mind when I see "G.K. Chesterton"--Gil Leslie Chesterton, snooty restaurant critic at Frasier's radio station. If that's what att......more

Goodreads review by Emilia on August 03, 2008

Oh Chesterton. You are pretty freaking clever guy, and I love how much you love the poor and think women are glorious generalists and men have sort of a rotten lot in life and that democracy can only take us so far and it is ok to drink and be dirty if that is what you want to do sometimes. I would h......more

Goodreads review by Fr.Bill on July 26, 2007

This book provides near to irrefutable evidence that Chesterton was a prophet, a seer of the future. The truth, however, is more pedestrian -- that Chesterton could immediately recognize the foibles, follies, and lies that eventually poison and kill a culture. So, in this work, Chesterton repeatedly......more

Goodreads review by Old Dog on November 07, 2022

I listened to this on audiobook before going to bed for a few nights. I loved it. Very relevant for today. The more Chesterton that I digest the more that I love the guy.......more

Goodreads review by Douglas on November 08, 2016

Brilliant. Also listened to it on Audible, and finished it in November of 2016.......more

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