| The Secret History of the West: The Influence of Secret Organizations on Western History from the Renaissance to the 20th Century Contributor(s): Hagger, Nicholas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1905047045 ISBN-13: 9781905047048 Publisher: Axis Mundi Books OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2005 Annotation: Western civilization as we know it today is not the end result of steady progress, but of series of revolutions. The radical departure from orthodox history that Nicholas Hagger takes is to show how all these-the Protestant Revolution, which in turn provided the idealogical foundations of the English, American, French and Russian-have their roots in ideas and influences that have hitherto been unexpressed, secret. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 909.098 |
| Physical Information: 1.41" H x 6.3" W x 8.94" (1.71 lbs) 464 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Contrary to popular belief, Western civilisation as we know it today is not the end result of steady progress. For over half a millennium revolution has succeeded revolution like a succession of tidal waves. At one level this book is a chronological narrative of these revolutions, from the Renaissance to the Russian. It shows how Utopian visions of ideal societies end in massacres and the guillotine, and therefore appeals to and challenges both left and right. At a second level it offers a new and original theory of why revolutions happen. An idealist has a vision, which others state in intellectual terms. This becomes corrupted by a political regime, and results in physical repression. The unique approach that The Secret History takes is that this vision has never been part of Establishment thought or practice. Indeed it usually has its roots in ideas and influences that have hitherto been unexpressed, secret. |