This is fundamentally a Catholic book. And how do i put this gently Ahmari suffers from no Reformist, or Liberal theological impulses. He makes an antitrans dig in the introduction. I almost put it down right there and then. But something about his writing style made me continue and I don't regret doing so. The author thesis basically boils down to the assertion that the capitalist, consumerist definition of Freedom is eating us alive. He would tries to weasel his way around just saying that directly, and he throws queers and the sexual revolution under the bus as causes but this is otherwise masterfully subversive. The author makes a forceful case for the Abrahamic conception of Freedom, "to be free is to serve God and thy Neighbor". By painting vivid bibliographic portraits of people from all different religions who he thinks exemplify this virtue. And oh man does he have a star studded line up. Maximilian Kolbe, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Andrea Dworkin, for starters. You can pretty much skip his chapters on sex and sexuality he still thinks being queer or trans is a lifestyle choice. But the point is if you won't get much closer to a conservative catholic advocating Socialism, and that to me is mind blowing.