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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... principle . And , while monarchy is not directly responsible for this delicious if dis- reputable fact , it is hard to imagine the social pyramid enduring as long as it has without a crown at the apex . The practice of marrying the ...
... principle . And , while monarchy is not directly responsible for this delicious if dis- reputable fact , it is hard to imagine the social pyramid enduring as long as it has without a crown at the apex . The practice of marrying the ...
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... principle . It contributes to what sometimes looks like an enfeeblement of the national intelligence , drawing from our press and even from some of our poets the sort of degrading and abnegating propaganda that would arouse con- tempt ...
... principle . It contributes to what sometimes looks like an enfeeblement of the national intelligence , drawing from our press and even from some of our poets the sort of degrading and abnegating propaganda that would arouse con- tempt ...
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... principle . It kept having to be reinvented by force , and needed repeated infusions from already etiolated European main- land princelings . Even after the Hanoverians achieved grudging acceptance , which they did prin- cipally in the ...
... principle . It kept having to be reinvented by force , and needed repeated infusions from already etiolated European main- land princelings . Even after the Hanoverians achieved grudging acceptance , which they did prin- cipally in the ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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