Audiobook: The Twilight of Civilization, by Jacques Maritain

Over the past few months, I have been narrating another audiobook. It’s a book that I read during my research into the theological and cultural changes that took place during and after World War II, which I think represented something of a major shift for the West. The countries that emerged from that catastrophe were not the same, their populaces having been subject to an unparalleled amount of propaganda, terror, and suffering. The philosophers and thinkers of that era were grappling with the questions of how another war would be prevented, what started the first two on a cultural level, and how we could rebuild in a way that reflected the values upon which the West ought to be based.

Jacques Maritain was one of those thinkers. I don’t agree with everything that he wrote in The Twilight of Civilization, nor with everything he produced in his life. However, I agree with enough of this book as to spend many hours narrating it, and I find it fascinating. I hope that you will too. I have little doubt that it will be of value to others. You are welcome to listen to it freely.

If you do enjoy listening to it, please consider leaving a donation. Narrating books is extremely time-intensive and requires a lot of work. You are also welcome and encouraged to recommend other works that you would like to hear me narrate, provided that they are in the public domain (or if you happen to own the rights to them).