Escape from Reason: A Penetrating Analysis of Trends in Modern Thought (IVP Classics)

Escape from Reason: A Penetrating Analysis of Trends in Modern Thought (IVP Classics)

Truth used to be based on reason. No more. What we <em>feel</em> is now the truest source of reality. Despite our obsession with the emotive and the experiential, we still face anxiety, despair, and purposelessness.<br /><br />How did we get here? And where do we find a remedy?<br /><br />In this modern classic, Francis A. Schaeffer traces trends in twentieth-century thought and unpacks how key ideas have shaped our society. Wide-ranging in his analysis, Schaeffer examines philosophy, science, art and popular culture to identify dualism, fragmentation and the decline of reason.<br /><br />Schaeffer's work takes on a newfound relevance today in his prescient anticipation of the contemporary postmodern ethos. His critique demonstrates Christianity's promise for a new century, one in as much need as ever of purpose and hope.