The Dying Citizen
How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America
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Narrateur(s):
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James Edward Thomas
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Auteur(s):
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Victor Davis Hanson
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The bestselling historian explains the decline and fall of the once cherished idea of American citizenship.
“The Dying Citizen is essential reading for any American who cares about the fate of our nation.” ―Mark R. Levin
Human history is full of the stories of peasants, subjects, and tribes. Yet the concept of the “citizen” is historically rare—and was among America’s most valued ideals for over two centuries. But without shock treatment, warns Victor Davis Hanson, American citizenship may soon vanish.
In The Dying Citizen, Hanson outlines the forces that led to this crisis. The evisceration of the middle class has made many Americans dependent on the federal government. Open borders have undermined allegiance to a particular place. Identity politics have eradicated our collective sense of self. And a top-heavy state has endangered personal liberty.
The Dying Citizen is a clarion call to rebuild our collective national identity.
Ce que les critiques en disent
“Mr. Hanson, an accomplished classicist and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, is one of the great amalgamators of American political writing. He has a particular gift for bringing together a dizzying array of events, controversies and ideas and making sense of them by advancing a coherent argument that incorporates thousands of years of history… Mr. Hanson hits hard, but I don’t find his analysis unfair or partisan. There is enormous value, moreover, in thinking about toxic political developments not as problems of the moment but as destructive pathologies to which all societies are prone at all times.”—Wall Street Journal
“Indispensable… Hanson’s immensely erudite and inspiriting book offers a most welcome corrective to those influential forces and doctrines in our midst that conspire to delegitimize the citizen and citizenship as such. In doing so, he provides us with hope that our society still has within it significant powers of rejuvenation.”—National Review
“As Victor Davis Hanson shows in his learned, powerful, and troubling new book, The Dying Citizen, the steady devolution of citizenship speaks volumes about where we are today and where we seem to be heading… Hanson lays out this grim diagnosis with his usual clarity and brilliance, moving easily from his deep specialized knowledge of the ancient Greek and Roman world through savvy observations about present-day politics and American society.”—The New Criterion
“A powerful and carefully developed argument for preserving American citizenship.”—American Thinker
“Required reading for all those who seriously want to engage in the fieriest issues of our days at their most thoughtful levels of depth.”—Epoch Times
“Hanson is well-positioned to describe the evolution of citizenship from ancient times through the modern era, and especially the assumptions about citizenship underlying America's constitutional order… Hanson presents, clearly and concisely, a case that critics will struggle to refute. His troubling argument has far-reaching implications. The Dying Citizen is a book that all Americans should read, then discuss with friends and neighbors.”—Claremont Review of Books
“Among public intellectuals writing within a secular framework about America’s troubles, Victor Davis Hanson towers above the rest.”—First Things
“The Dying Citizen is essential reading for any American who cares about the fate of our nation.”—Mark R. Levin
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As a Canadian, everything he writes about applies to all of the Western World in so many ways, and I thank him for his contribution in bringing 'Truth to Lies'.
Prolific and Sweeping View of Today's World!
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"Citizenship is consensual"? About as consensual as picking up a hitchhiker, and offering them the choice between performing sex acts or exiting the fast moving vehicle...
"All citizens are treaded equally under law"? Apparently the author has never heard of incorporation or lobbying practices.
Thru then go on to act as though the constitution offers any more "protection" to its citizens than a "Gun-free Zone " sign.... The constitution protects its citizens from the government... As interpreted by the government.
Couldn't make it more than a chapter through this work of fiction.
taking liberties...
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