Western Fundamentalism Single

2021/4/11

Undeceptions with John Dickson

Gordon Menzies

Gordon Menzies: 本书作者Gordon Menzies，从自身在牛津大学辩论社的经历出发，批判了西方社会对民主、自由市场和性自由的盲目接受，将其定义为“西方原教旨主义”。他认为这种原教旨主义导致了社会问题的产生，例如对人与物的商品化，以及由此带来的道德沦丧。他以自身家庭经历为例，阐述了性革命对个人和家庭的负面影响，并反思了经济自由化政策的潜在风险。他认为，经济改革不应导致自私的混乱，而应促进人类的繁荣。他同时指出，新自由主义思想将人和物都视为商品，这种商品化思维将经济自由化和性革命联系起来。他认为，色情制品是将身体商品化的典型例子，而卖淫则体现了对人身不可剥夺性的忽视。他最终呼吁人们重新审视这些基本信念，并以更批判的眼光看待西方社会的发展模式。 John Dickson: John Dickson作为访谈者，引导Gordon Menzies阐述其观点，并提出一些关键问题，例如将经济自由化与性革命联系起来的合理性，以及作者自身参与经济自由化改革的反思。他促使作者进一步解释“西方原教旨主义”的含义，以及这种观点与基督教信仰之间的关系。他帮助观众理解作者的观点，并引发对西方社会发展模式的思考。

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Gordon Menzies discusses his disappointment with the Oxford Union debates, finding them superficial and uncritical of fundamental beliefs in democracy, free market liberalism, and sexual freedom, which he terms as Western Fundamentalism.

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Gordon Menzies advised the federal government on the deregulation of the Australian dollar, underlining his credentials when it came to liberalism.

However, his new book titled 'Western Fundamentalism' suggests a more conservative way of seeing the world.

He tells John Dickson, though, that a Christian is capable of rejecting definitions of both left and right to forge a distinctly different path.

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Undeceptions with John Dickson

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