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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... whole of Africa was still partitioned among the colonial powers , and the British authorities had just informed the UN that they did not see their way to abolishing flogging in the mandated territories . Not exactly the Kingdom of ...
... whole of Africa was still partitioned among the colonial powers , and the British authorities had just informed the UN that they did not see their way to abolishing flogging in the mandated territories . Not exactly the Kingdom of ...
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... was in three kinds of trouble . Ireland was menaced by Republican and Loyalist insurrection , the modern Labour move- ment was emerging in a series of sharp - fought engagements and the whole fabric and patina of Victorian family 22.
... was in three kinds of trouble . Ireland was menaced by Republican and Loyalist insurrection , the modern Labour move- ment was emerging in a series of sharp - fought engagements and the whole fabric and patina of Victorian family 22.
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... whole of 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 ...
... whole of 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 ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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