Is the modern, secular world denuded of joy, terror, and mystery?
Is our culture becoming too soft and "feminized"?
Are we so over-socialized, self-conscious, and neurotic that all experience lacks spontaneity and life feels like a hollow performance rather than a sacred gift?
Is the solution to these anxieties about the modern world vigorous physical labor outdoors? Or the terror and ecstasy of combat? Or making our societies more like those of medieval Europe? Or a return to traditional religion, particularly Roman Catholicism?
