philistines. (op. cit. p.573) The end of the millennium saw in the United States concerns rather specific to the conservative view on the culture wars and university education. Western Europe, on the other hand, struggled towards self-definition in the face of limiting demography, and postmodernism as at least journalistically predominant—the difference primarily lying in the political prominence of the issues. See also Ages of Man Philosophical pessimism Tragic hero We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism Richard M. Weaver Ideas Have Consequences Bibliography External links Cato Institute report C-theory page Cultural concepts Concepts in the philosophy of history Philosophy of culture