Disenchantment and Nostalgia

"The pure reactionary is not a dreamer of abolished pasts, but a hunter of sacred shades on the eternal hills." ―Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction: Temporal landmarks
2:41 The abdication of memory
4:28 The disenchantment of the world
6:58 Cultural domicide
10:14 Conclusion: No place to call home

References:
- Michael S. Shum: The Role of Temporal Landmarks in Autobiographical Memory Processes
- Christopher Lasch: The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics
- Max Weber: The Sociology of Religion
- John Vervaeke et al: Zombies in Western Culture: A Twenty-First Century Crisis
- Sebastian Junger: Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

Image: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden by Thomas Cole