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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... social peace that has licensed more than one of its interventions into politics . From this very ancestry , of course , descends the present idiom of royal interference in current debate . The stupider sort of conservative monar- chist ...
... social peace that has licensed more than one of its interventions into politics . From this very ancestry , of course , descends the present idiom of royal interference in current debate . The stupider sort of conservative monar- chist ...
Síða 17
... social pyramid enduring as long as it has without a crown at the apex . The practice of marrying the generally foreign - born royal family into the native aristocracy , which originated with Queen Victoria and was con- tinued ( despite ...
... social pyramid enduring as long as it has without a crown at the apex . The practice of marrying the generally foreign - born royal family into the native aristocracy , which originated with Queen Victoria and was con- tinued ( despite ...
Síða 19
... social distinction and hierarchy depends . It is an obstacle to the objective public discussion of our own history . It tribalises politics . It entrenches the ab- surdity of the hereditary principle . It contributes to what sometimes ...
... social distinction and hierarchy depends . It is an obstacle to the objective public discussion of our own history . It tribalises politics . It entrenches the ab- surdity of the hereditary principle . It contributes to what sometimes ...
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