Suicide of the West: An Essay on the Meaning and Destiny of LiberalismJames Burnham's 1964 classic, Suicide of the West, remains a startling account on the nature of the modern era. It offers a profound, in depth analysis of what is happening in the world today by putting into focus the intangible, often vague doctrine of American liberalism. It parallels the loosely defined liberal ideology rampant in American government and institutions, with the flow, ebb, growth, climax and the eventual decline and death of both ancient and modern civilizations. Its author maintains that western suicidal tendencies lie not so much in the lack of resources or military power, but through an erosion of intellectual, moral, and spiritual factors abundant in modern western society and the mainstay of liberal psychology. Devastating in its relentless dissection of the liberal syndrome, this book will lead many liberals to painful self-examination, buttress the thinking conservative's viewpoint, and incite others, no doubt, to infuriation. None can ignore it. |
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... Democratic Action , one of the leading congregations of liberal fundamentalism , was at first most unhappy about the prospect of the nomination of the Catholic John F. Kennedy to the Presidency - even though scores of ADA members were ...
... Democratic Action , one of the leading congregations of liberal fundamentalism , was at first most unhappy about the prospect of the nomination of the Catholic John F. Kennedy to the Presidency - even though scores of ADA members were ...
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... Democratic Action are at pains to protest that our real " enemies " are not wicked people or nations or creeds , and certainly not the Soviet Union or communism , but hunger and racial discrimination ; the real war is the " war against ...
... Democratic Action are at pains to protest that our real " enemies " are not wicked people or nations or creeds , and certainly not the Soviet Union or communism , but hunger and racial discrimination ; the real war is the " war against ...
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... Democratic Action , continued to give duly abject expression to the liberal sense of guilt in telling us that the denunciations of the United States by Castro were well deserved because they were " largely due to the recent history of ...
... Democratic Action , continued to give duly abject expression to the liberal sense of guilt in telling us that the denunciations of the United States by Castro were well deserved because they were " largely due to the recent history of ...
Contents
The Contraction of the West | 13 |
Who Are the Liberals? | 27 |
Human Nature and the Good Society | 46 |
Copyright | |
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