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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... keep any one thought in their heads for as long as a minute at a time . Generally speaking , the monarchy has an interest in emollience and social peace and consensus . Do we ? If so , do we need to acquire the habits of acceptance and ...
... keep any one thought in their heads for as long as a minute at a time . Generally speaking , the monarchy has an interest in emollience and social peace and consensus . Do we ? If so , do we need to acquire the habits of acceptance and ...
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... keep green the memory of the Somme . ) The thing about the royalist contribution to national ritual , by contrast , is the amount of contriv- ance and greasepaint that it has required and does require . The classic instance of invented ...
... keep green the memory of the Somme . ) The thing about the royalist contribution to national ritual , by contrast , is the amount of contriv- ance and greasepaint that it has required and does require . The classic instance of invented ...
Síða 39
... Keep them apart . Humans should not worship other humans at all , but if they must do so it is better that the worshipped ones do not occupy any positions of political power . We had another chance to contem- plate the alternative as ...
... Keep them apart . Humans should not worship other humans at all , but if they must do so it is better that the worshipped ones do not occupy any positions of political power . We had another chance to contem- plate the alternative as ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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