{"id":293109,"date":"2024-09-29T17:50:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T17:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/29\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-134-the-political-form-of-evil\/"},"modified":"2024-09-29T17:50:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T17:50:38","slug":"the-catholic-culture-podcast-134-the-political-form-of-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/29\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-134-the-political-form-of-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"The Catholic Culture Podcast: 134 &#8211; The Political Form of Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"date\">Jun 13, 2022<\/p>\n<p>D. C. Schindler&#8217;s book\u00a0<em>The Politics of the Real: The<br \/>\nChurch between Liberalism and Integralism<\/em> is one of the<br \/>\nrichest entries in the ongoing Catholic debate over liberalism,<br \/>\npolitical authority, the common good, and the relation between<br \/>\nChurch and State.<\/p>\n<p>Schindler offers subtle, convincing arguments as to why<br \/>\nliberalism is &#8220;the political form of evil&#8221;, specifically consisting<br \/>\nof a rejection of the Christian form &#8211; specifically, the<br \/>\nJewish-Greek-Roman synthesis embodied in the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<p>Liberalism creates a situation like that described by comedian<br \/>\nStephen Wright: &#8220;Last night somebody broke into my apartment and<br \/>\nreplaced everything with exact duplicates.&#8221; It adopts aspects of<br \/>\nthe Western tradition but only on radically different grounds, with<br \/>\na fragmented vision of reality. Even when liberalism claims to make<br \/>\nroom for religious tradition, it does so only by reconceiving<br \/>\nreligion as a mere object of individual choice &#8211; that is, precisely<br \/>\nas non-traditional.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Schindler goes beyond criticizing liberalism, offering a<br \/>\nprofound and beautiful ontology of the social order and a somewhat<br \/>\ndifferent model of the relation between Church and State from the<br \/>\none proposed by Catholic integralists.<\/p>\n<p>Schindler joins the podcast to discuss the book, including<br \/>\ntopics such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why objecting to non-liberal philosophy as &#8220;impractical&#8221; is a<br \/>\nrejection of man as a rational creature<\/li>\n<li>Liberalism&#8217;s false claim of neutrality (or<br \/>\nnon-confessionalism)<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Christian form&#8221; and its fragmentation<\/li>\n<li>Why liberalism is \u201cthe political form of evil\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The roots of liberalism in medieval nominalism<\/li>\n<li>The anti-Catholic meaning of the Declaration of Independence&#8217;s<br \/>\n\u201claws of nature and of nature\u2019s God\u201d<\/li>\n<li>How the &#8220;neutral public square&#8221; subverts every tradition it<br \/>\n&#8220;makes room for&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The problem with distinguishing &#8220;civil society&#8221; from the<br \/>\nstate<\/li>\n<li>Why property is central to understanding the relation between<br \/>\nindividuals and society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Politics of the Real<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/newpolity.com\/new-polity-press-titles\/the-politics-of-the-real\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/newpolity.com\/new-polity-press-titles\/the-politics-of-the-real<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. 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