In Defense of Civilization: How Our Past Can Renew Our Present Bonner Michael R. J.
In Defense of Civilization: How Our Past Can Renew Our Present Bonner Michael R. J. Will our future imitate our past? Many people have the uneasy feeling that the liberal democratic order is in…
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In Defense of Civilization: How Our Past Can Renew Our Present Bonner Michael R. J.
Will our future imitate our past? Many people have the uneasy feeling that the liberal democratic order is in danger, and that civilization itself hangs in the balance. "The purpose of this book is threefold: to explain what makes civilization civilization what it is; to show what we are in danger of losing in the event of collapse, and to point the way toward renewal."There is a consensus in the West that something is wrong.
And we should never forget that empires and societies have collapsed many times before.But history shows that human civilization also has extraordinary powers of recuperation, writes Michael R.J. This feeling could be dismissed as alarmism, but the present moment of pandemic, political instability, and rioting is a startling reminder of the fragility of civilization everywhere. Bonner in this bracing tour de force.