![]() ![]() ![]() Hidden behind this definition, which sounds uncontroversial at first sight, is the understanding that family is seen as a repressive institution, as is church, business, any authorities, and traditional perspectives. This can be defined as a philosophy of human liberation from all repressive social institutions. Tinker then takes a look at neo-Marxism, also called cultural Marxism, or libertarian Marxism. ![]() Tinker also draws inspiration from the story of the Tower of Babel which he describes as “an exercise of collective rebellion” against God (p38), in an attempt to set up a rival cosmology to that of the creator. Tinker sees Lewis as ahead of his time in foreseeing how the increasing influences of materialism, scientism, and naturalism would naturally progress. The novel is an exploration of the possibility of an intellectual elite imposing a godless ideology that runs counter to common sense on the masses. Lewis’s novel, That Hideous Strength, which was the third of Lewis’s three-part science fiction space trilogy published in 1945. Melvin Tinker has written an excellent short primer on the contemporary influence of cultural Marxism and how we can respond to it. Tim Dieppe reviews That Hideous Strength: How the West was Lost, a new book by Melvin Tinker. ![]()
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