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Why the Attack on Tradition is an Attack on Civilisation | Professor Ian Pace

The concept of high culture has come under sustained attack. Once understood as a repository of human achievement, high culture is now dismissed as elitist, exclusionary, or worse—merely the expression of dead white European males. The modern academy, far from upholding cultural excellence, now works to deconstruct it. But high culture is not merely a reflection of power. It is a source of intellectual and imaginative expansion, a means of transcending the present, and a vital counterbalance to the shallowness of mass consumer culture. A world without cultural traditions is a world without identity—one that is intellectually impoverished, emotionally stunted, and incapable of producing greatness. 🔹 Key Themes in This Talk: The difference between culture and civilization, and why both matter The origins of the high vs. low culture debate and how it has been distorted Why the postmodern attack on classical music and literature is a war on human achievement The role of education in sustaining cultural excellence—and the danger of its decline The absurdity of iconoclasm when its targets are already forgotten Today’s cultural elites champion presentism, severing the past from the present in the name of a shallow, market-driven inclusivity. They celebrate iconoclasm without ever having mastered what they seek to destroy. The result is not cultural renewal, but a cultural wasteland. If we are to remain advanced, educated societies, we must reject this descent into mediocrity and defend the traditions that have defined civilization itself. 📢 Enjoyed the talk? Like, comment, and subscribe for more content on culture, tradition, and the battle for civilization.