‘The War on the West’ is a monumental achievement and probably Douglas Murray’s best book to date.
Don’t be lured into thinking this is simply a rebuke of wokism.
It’s a deeply researched exploration of the tectonic societal shifts that have taken place over the last 50 years, shifts so profound that the West self immolates from within and thereby unconsciously enables its detractors from Russia to China. Simultaneously from ‘within’, our enlightenment values are taken for granted by the next generations with such an unknowing entitlement that it’s in danger of becoming their defining characteristic: ‘Monsters aren’t real, until they are…’
On race, Murray’s deconstruction of the recent third wave racial polemicists is fierce and logical, whilst pinpointing the ubiquitous penetration of Marxism in our academia as the fundamental cause. However, his writing is also witty and optimistic, hilariously highlighting the logic traps that the likes of Robin di Angelo have got themselves into. He also generously argues that the generations before us should not be targeted for cancellation - but for gratitude.
Taking the politics aside… love him or loathe him, the depth of research and the lucidity of Murray’s prose makes this addition to the ‘culture war canon’ both a formidable riposte and a potential catalyst for a much needed realignment in the narrative, perhaps towards the centre? Is it too naieve to hope that it will be read and debated by the open minded? I hope not…
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intelligent and cultivated defence of a tolerant and egalatarian society: the contemporay west
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 April 2022
Douglas Murray explains that with self-harm the west has been deprecated, insulted and malignly de-constructed by some within. In general these are those whose power and tremendous access to mainstream media is inversely proportional to their culture, knowledge of societies in general throughout history, factual accuracy, character and courage. As Douglas Murray, denounces in this book such woke brigade gleefully rants on and persecutes, cancels, censors, threatens and intimidates everyone in the west about every minor perceived injustice, while remaining cowardly silent and complacent about much graver injustices and discriminations if they occur elsewhere, presently or in the past.Douglas Murray does not cave in or fears the woke brigade. He is the most brilliant and cultivated writer in exposing the most radical western anti westerners flaws, biases worse than the ones they portray to combat, and lack of gratitude in general about the tolerant and egalitarian society they live in (see photo of conclusion portion).It is refreshing to read Murray's wittiness in an environment where most other people cave in scared of this woke mob which wants the west to commit suicide, kill its heroes and erase every trace of its culture from Knossos, Athens, Rome and Jerusalem to England’s Magna Carta, Italian renaissance, Spain/Portugal navigations, French illuminism, German industry or great American achievements either in the north like the constitution or putting humans in the moon, or in the south such as the fantastic and wonderful blend of European, African and indigenous culture thriving there in so many countries.Kudos and thank you to Douglas for standing up!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 April 2022
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 April 2022
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Douglas Murray does not cave in or fears the woke brigade. He is the most brilliant and cultivated writer in exposing the most radical western anti westerners flaws, biases worse than the ones they portray to combat, and lack of gratitude in general about the tolerant and egalitarian society they live in (see photo of conclusion portion).
It is refreshing to read Murray's wittiness in an environment where most other people cave in scared of this woke mob which wants the west to commit suicide, kill its heroes and erase every trace of its culture from Knossos, Athens, Rome and Jerusalem to England’s Magna Carta, Italian renaissance, Spain/Portugal navigations, French illuminism, German industry or great American achievements either in the north like the constitution or putting humans in the moon, or in the south such as the fantastic and wonderful blend of European, African and indigenous culture thriving there in so many countries.
Kudos and thank you to Douglas for standing up!
intelligent and cultivated defence of a tolerant and egalatarian society: the contemporay west
By P. Caetano on 28 April 2022
Douglas Murray explains that with self-harm the west has been deprecated, insulted and malignly de-constructed by some within. In general these are those whose power and tremendous access to mainstream media is inversely proportional to their culture, knowledge of societies in general throughout history, factual accuracy, character and courage. As Douglas Murray, denounces in this book such woke brigade gleefully rants on and persecutes, cancels, censors, threatens and intimidates everyone in the west about every minor perceived injustice, while remaining cowardly silent and complacent about much graver injustices and discriminations if they occur elsewhere, presently or in the past.By P. Caetano on 28 April 2022
Douglas Murray does not cave in or fears the woke brigade. He is the most brilliant and cultivated writer in exposing the most radical western anti westerners flaws, biases worse than the ones they portray to combat, and lack of gratitude in general about the tolerant and egalitarian society they live in (see photo of conclusion portion).
It is refreshing to read Murray's wittiness in an environment where most other people cave in scared of this woke mob which wants the west to commit suicide, kill its heroes and erase every trace of its culture from Knossos, Athens, Rome and Jerusalem to England’s Magna Carta, Italian renaissance, Spain/Portugal navigations, French illuminism, German industry or great American achievements either in the north like the constitution or putting humans in the moon, or in the south such as the fantastic and wonderful blend of European, African and indigenous culture thriving there in so many countries.
Kudos and thank you to Douglas for standing up!
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 April 2022
