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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... society and its con- tract . Things are so distempered and out of joint , in fact , that sturdy democrats , even including a few born - again Monarchist - Leninists , are sighing for the piping times of the past . Yet , if we ask how we ...
... society and its con- tract . Things are so distempered and out of joint , in fact , that sturdy democrats , even including a few born - again Monarchist - Leninists , are sighing for the piping times of the past . Yet , if we ask how we ...
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... society as , first and last , a monarchy . This fact is so salient that people are apt to miss it . The ruling party forms Her Majesty's Government and the opposition parties make up Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition . The right people ...
... society as , first and last , a monarchy . This fact is so salient that people are apt to miss it . The ruling party forms Her Majesty's Government and the opposition parties make up Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition . The right people ...
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... society with a secular majority and large Roman Catholic , Jewish and Muslim minorities ? Religious ideas , supposedly private matters between man and god , are in practice always political ideas . Our Sovereign Lady the Queen is the ...
... society with a secular majority and large Roman Catholic , Jewish and Muslim minorities ? Religious ideas , supposedly private matters between man and god , are in practice always political ideas . Our Sovereign Lady the Queen is the ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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