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 , of which the State is no more than a political manifestation . This aspect of matters is integral to the pageantry and glamour . The ' sacral ' moment or , as it is sometimes described , the moment of ' sacring ' , is as near ...
... society , of which the State is no more than a political manifestation . This aspect of matters is integral to the pageantry and glamour . The ' sacral ' moment or , as it is sometimes described , the moment of ' sacring ' , is as near ...
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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 ...
Síða 41
... society , at once highly stratified and uniform and very fluid and diverse , which is the site of a multitude of ... societies not yet cured of the addiction . There have , as we know from 1066 and All That and from the more recent ...
... society , at once highly stratified and uniform and very fluid and diverse , which is the site of a multitude of ... societies not yet cured of the addiction . There have , as we know from 1066 and All That and from the more recent ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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