| On the Eve of the Millenium: The Future of Democracy Through an Age of Unreason American Edition Contributor(s): O'Brien, Conor Cruise (Author) |
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ISBN: 0028740947 ISBN-13: 9780028740942 Publisher: Free Press OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1995 Annotation: A distinguished statesman and man of letters deplores the mounting attacks on Enlightenment values that jeopardize the very survival of the democratic institutions they inspired. Enlivening his grim predictions with dry wit, O'Brien nevertheless conveys an apocalyptic sense of the threats facing democracy as we approach the third millennium. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Future Studies - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
| Dewey: 303.490 |
| LCCN: 95035636 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.52" W x 8.27" (0.52 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: All my life, writes Conor Cruise O'Brien, I have been fascinated and puzzled by nationalism and religion; by the interaction of the two forces, sometimes in unison, sometimes antagonistic. In these wide-ranging and penetrating essays, O'Brien examines how throughout the world today these age-old forces are once again threatening democracy, the rule of law, and freedom of expression -- particularly in the United States, the nation founded on Enlightenment values. He weaves together beautifully written discussions on these and other timely, related topics. Enlivening his grim predictions with dry wit, he nevertheless conveys an apocalyptic sense of the threats facing democracy as we approach the third millennium. |