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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... traditional ' ; custom - bound and hallowed by the immemorial . The second was ' legal ' ; founded on the ties of ... tradition of ' the nation ' as refracted through the theme of kingship , the hedge of divinity and all the rest of ...
... traditional ' ; custom - bound and hallowed by the immemorial . The second was ' legal ' ; founded on the ties of ... tradition of ' the nation ' as refracted through the theme of kingship , the hedge of divinity and all the rest of ...
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... tradition is probably the astonishingly bogus episode of the ' Investiture ' of the Prince of Wales . Tom Nairn has caught the fraudulence and cynicism of this very well in his imperishable treatise The Enchanted Glass , but let me ...
... tradition is probably the astonishingly bogus episode of the ' Investiture ' of the Prince of Wales . Tom Nairn has caught the fraudulence and cynicism of this very well in his imperishable treatise The Enchanted Glass , but let me ...
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... TRADITION OF PAMPHLETEERING - CounterBlasts OFFER NEW PERSPECTIVES , FRESH IDEAS AND DIFFERENCES OF OPINION . CounterBlasts ARE A FORUM FOR VOICES OF DISSENT ; THEY CHALLENGE THE DOMINANT VALUES OF OUR TIME . CounterBlasts ARE WRITTEN ...
... TRADITION OF PAMPHLETEERING - CounterBlasts OFFER NEW PERSPECTIVES , FRESH IDEAS AND DIFFERENCES OF OPINION . CounterBlasts ARE A FORUM FOR VOICES OF DISSENT ; THEY CHALLENGE THE DOMINANT VALUES OF OUR TIME . CounterBlasts ARE WRITTEN ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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