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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... political power ; against executive or elective dictatorship . In point of fact the very opposite is the case . The prerogative of the Crown ; the enthronement of ' The Crown in Parliament ' , is the special and particular symbol of our ...
... political power ; against executive or elective dictatorship . In point of fact the very opposite is the case . The prerogative of the Crown ; the enthronement of ' The Crown in Parliament ' , is the special and particular symbol of our ...
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... political institutions . It is the gilded peg from which our unlovely system of social distinction and hierarchy depends . It is an obstacle to the objective public discussion of our own history . It tribalises politics . It entrenches ...
... political institutions . It is the gilded peg from which our unlovely system of social distinction and hierarchy depends . It is an obstacle to the objective public discussion of our own history . It tribalises politics . It entrenches ...
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... politics and religion a long time ago . Seeing what happened when a compromise between the two was not adopted , they ... political power . We had another chance to contem- plate the alternative as recently as 1989 , when the Emperor ...
... politics and religion a long time ago . Seeing what happened when a compromise between the two was not adopted , they ... political power . We had another chance to contem- plate the alternative as recently as 1989 , when the Emperor ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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