Suicide of the West - An Essay on the Meaning and Destiny of Liberalism

James Burnham

Encounter Books

2015

400 páginas

13h 20m

ISBN-10: 1594037833

ames Burnham’s 1964 classic, Suicide of the West, remains a startling account on the nature of the modern era. It offers a profound, in depth analysis of what is happening in the world today by putting into focus the intangible, often vague doctrine of American liberalism. It parallels the loosely defined liberal ideology rampant in American government and institutions, with the flow, ebb, growth, climax and the eventual decline and death of both ancient and modern civilizations.

Its author maintains that western suicidal tendencies lie not so much in the lack of resources or military power, but through an erosion of intellectual, moral, and spiritual factors abundant in modern western society and the mainstay of liberal psychology.

Devastating in its relentless dissection of the liberal syndrome, this book will lead many liberals to painful self-examination, buttress the thinking conservative’s viewpoint, and incite others, no doubt, to infuriation. None can ignore it.

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O Suicídio do Ocidente

Apesar de ter sido escrito há mais de 50 anos, continuo atual para os nossos dias.A impressão que temos é que o autor escreve sobre acontecimentos atuais. Na realidade são acontecimentos passados que ainda estão ocorrendo em nossa sociedade. A mesma forma de pensar e de agir de uma ideologia, que vem inrraizando em nossa cultura.