Dragons of Expectation Robert Conquest,
Publisher: DUCKWORTH G
ISBN: 0715634267
Edition: Hardcover; 2005-10-28
Summary:
A landmark defense of civilization that illuminates the political
degradations and intellectual fetishisms of our world. From the
author of The Harvest of Sorrow and one of the world's most respected
humanists comes this long-awaited work of history and philosophy. The
Dragons of Expectation—in the tradition of Isaiah Berlin's The
Crooked Timber of Humanity and George Orwell's Essays—brilliantly
traces how seductive ideas have come to corrupt modern minds, to
often-disastrous effects. From the onset of the Enlightenment to the
excesses of democracy, Stalinism, and liberalism, Robert Conquest
masterfully examines how false nostrums have infected academia,
politicians, and the public, showing how their reliance on "isms" and
the destructive concepts of "People, Nation, and Masses" have
resulted in a ruinous cycle of turbulence and war. Including analyses
of Russia's October Revolution, World War II, and the Cold War that
challenge common historical views, The Dragons of Expectation is one
of the most important contributions to modern thought in recent
years.
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