Book Recommendation: Civilization and Its Enemies: The Next Stage
of History
by Lee Harris
I can't recommend this book highly enough. It's only 218
pages, but it's not light reading. It delves into the philosophy and history of
how civilized values like tolerance developed. He points out that there will
always be utterly ruthless groups--it's a powerful tool--seeking to impose some
fantasy ideology such as Fascism, Nazism, Communism or Jihadism and thus
destroy civilization. "Hagel's point is that violence is inevitable once
people set out to reshape the world according to their own ideals--ideals that
turn out to be nothing more than a kind on intellectual make-believe. The
resultant complex is a fantasy ideology, one in which those promoting this
complex will stop at nothing simply because they have convinced themselves that
they--and they alone--have been chosen to advance the ideals they hold
dear." P-141. Not an easy read, but an important one.
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