The MonarchyChatto & Windus, 1990 - 42 síður Part of a series, this book submits a proposal for the admission of republican principles into the national debate. The author examines the Royals as a national fetish that encourages servile but also snobbish attitudes. He calls for constitutional and political reform. |
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... Royal Family - have worried that there may be something hysterical ; something un - English almost , in the adu- lation which this family receives wherever it goes and whatever it does . Might the adulation perhaps have something to do ...
... Royal Family - have worried that there may be something hysterical ; something un - English almost , in the adu- lation which this family receives wherever it goes and whatever it does . Might the adulation perhaps have something to do ...
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... Royal Family provides continuity and stab- ility . 2. The Royal Family provides glamour and pageantry . 3. The Royal Family does not interfere in politics , but lends tone to it . 4. The Royal Family is preferable to the caprices of ...
... Royal Family provides continuity and stab- ility . 2. The Royal Family provides glamour and pageantry . 3. The Royal Family does not interfere in politics , but lends tone to it . 4. The Royal Family is preferable to the caprices of ...
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... royal intervention or you don't . And if you don't , you always have the ... Family is a guarantee of the national ' identity ' This can only be true for ... royal house as it has already outlasted others . Consider , for a start , the ...
... royal intervention or you don't . And if you don't , you always have the ... Family is a guarantee of the national ' identity ' This can only be true for ... royal house as it has already outlasted others . Consider , for a start , the ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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