ABSTRACT
This chapter considers two cosmopolitan objections to the practical viability of traditionalism: (1) it is no longer possible to live authentically as a traditionalist because forces of globalism are weakening tradition, and (2) most people today are indifferent to tradition. The chapter argues that the first objection is based on several faulty assumptions about what it means to live within a tradition. It answers the second objection by arguing that it is possible to recover an emotional connection to tradition through traditional education, or the study of culture through classic texts, history, myth, narratives, arts, and so forth. Finally, it concludes with a defense of the humanities as a modern form of traditional education.
