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Barbarity without vigor.(The Strange Death of Moral Britain)(Book Review)
A civilization, or at least a way of life, collapsed around the time I was born. Unfortunately these two events, which were not causally related, occurred in the same country: Britain.
Naturally, civilizations do not collapse overnight. They decay, erode, or decompose into unrecognizability. In historical terms, however, the process can be very swift. I grew up at the very end of the era Christie Davies, a sociologist who has something arresting to say on every subject he treats, calls "Moral Britain," whose strange death he describes and tries to explain. (1)
I am uncertain whether to be grateful for having witnessed the last of Moral Britain, or to ...
- The origin of modernity.(The Strange Death of Moral Britain, How the Scots...
- Magazine article from: The National Interest Karnick, S.T. June 22, 2005 700+ words
Christie Davies, The Strange Death of Moral Britain (Somerset, NJ: Transaction, 2004), 264 pp., $39.95. Arthur Herman, How the Scots Invented the Modern World (New York...
- The Strange Death of Liberal America.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch Buhle, Willis M. August 1, 2006 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life Neuhaus, Richard February 1, 2002 700+ words
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- Strange death.(Clinton administration attorney Vincent Foster)
- Magazine article from: National Review Ruddy, Christopher December 22, 1997 700+ words
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- The strange death of Soviet communism; a postscript.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News November 1, 2008 700+ words
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