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Not with a Bang But a Whimper: The Politics and Culture of Decline (Hardcover)

by Theodore Dalrymple (Author)

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Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher (Oct 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1566637953
ISBN-13: 978-1566637954
Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 3 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Our Greatest Living Essayist, 20 Jun 2009

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Theodore Dalrymple is the most astute essayist writing in English today. His analysis of the decay of modern Western society is too subtle and complex to be labelled simply 'right wing,' too pessimistic to be palatable to the left-liberal elite, and far too important to be ignored. Dalrymple's despair at the collapse of values and standards amongst a once-proud British working-class is exceeded only by his disgust at the cowardice and evasion of the better educated classes who refuse to acknowledge there is a problem. This elite, the old 'clerisy', regard our current slow-motion catastrophe with a sophisticated smile and a refusal to face it truthfully. 'Trivial' is one of Dalrymple's favourite adjectives of condemnation, as is 'frivolous.' His latest, brilliant collection of essays is witty and incisive, but also deeply serious and committed. Read it and consider very hard where we are going.

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5.0 out of 5 stars thought provoking, 14 Jun 2009

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This is a well written thought provoking and ultimately frightening book, a scathing critique of modern culture in Britain, and its effect upon society. A right wing "Affluenza" (Oliver James). I wish all members of government would read it, particularly the shadow cabinet.

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1.0 out of 5 stars A simple-minded study, 2 Jul 2009

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Dalrymple simply blames everything bad in Britain on a 'liberal elite' that has supposedly been running Britain for the last few decades.
So who are these powerful liberals? What connection do they have with the Conservative Party, which has formed most of our governments for most of the last 200 years? What connection do they have with Labour, which has ruled for the rest of the last 80 years? Was David Blunkett, for example, an example of a trendy liberal?
What kind of rule would Dalrymple support? Cameron? A Berlusconi-type reactionary? Nick Griffin? (Certainly no trendy liberal.)
Like the Sun editors he so closely resembles, Dalrymple avoids the hard questions, always preferring the cheap and easy sneer.
The saloon-bar sneers at political correctness, and the fake populism, are dangerously anti-democratic.

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