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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... tone . The British actually define their country and implicitly their 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 ...
... tone . The British actually define their country and implicitly their 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 ...
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... what Edmund Wilson , writing in 1945 , termed our national weakness for ' the False Issue ' : This is best handled in the tone of light ridicule . They acquire the technique so early that I think they must be trained in it at Oxford . If 9.
... what Edmund Wilson , writing in 1945 , termed our national weakness for ' the False Issue ' : This is best handled in the tone of light ridicule . They acquire the technique so early that I think they must be trained in it at Oxford . If 9.
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... tone to it . 4. The Royal Family is preferable to the caprices of presidential government . 5. The Royal Family is a guarantee of the national ' identity ' . If we take these in order , we find a thicket of tautology and contradiction ...
... tone to it . 4. The Royal Family is preferable to the caprices of presidential government . 5. The Royal Family is a guarantee of the national ' identity ' . If we take these in order , we find a thicket of tautology and contradiction ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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