Low regard for the human being tends inexorably toward a greater concentration of wealth and power, and further erosion of the concept of citizen

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For most of human history, human beings understood who and what they are. What was once a basic fact of existence is now a source of contention.

This disagreement has become a multi-front war of existential and civilizational consequence. There is no one better to elucidate the social and political consequences of this struggle than political philosopher Matthew B. Crawford.

Join us on Tuesday, March 7 at 7 p.m. for the sixth annual FIRST THINGS Lecture in Washington, D.C., on “Antihumanism and the Post-Political Condition” by Matthew B. Crawford ([link removed]) .
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Some welcome the supposedly inevitable demise of the frail, limited, and bigotry-inclined human being at the hands of its technological betters. But as C. S. Lewis foresaw, the technological conquest of man is really the exploitation of some men at the hands of other men. In this age of exploitation, whither democracy and self-government?

As Crawford will show, low regard for the human being tends inexorably toward a greater concentration of wealth and power, as well as further erosion of the concept of the citizen. Far better is the older, Christian idea: Man is fallen, yet created in the image of God.

On March 7, with Crawford’s help, we will come a little closer to recovering that anthropology, on which so much of our future depends. Reserve your ticket to the sixth annual FIRST THINGS Lecture in Washington, D.C. now by clicking on the secure link below. ([link removed])
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See you there!

Carter Skeel
Director of Development

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