Are We Trapped by Tradition?

Image Credit: "The mamas! Tradition!" by Giles Watson's poetry and prose is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Are we prisoners of the past or is radical revolution possible? Revolutionaries say we can get out. Conservatives say we shouldn’t even want to. But maybe both sides get it wrong! Do we need a past to have a future? Join Taylor, Eric, and special guest Professor Bryan Van Norden, an expert in traditional Chinese philosophy, as we take a hard look at tradition. What is it? And what, if anything, is it good for?