The Ideology of Failure
How Europe Bought Into Ideas That Will Weaken and Divide It
We are living in unnerving times. Our societies are characterised by a social polarisation not known since the 1930s. At the same time, there is now one principal source of knowledge: Google, an omnipresent, omniscient (some might say) company embedded in the social justice warrior ideology. Just a handful of Californian companies control our digital lives. These companies and most public institutions employ the same commoditised speech code (diversity, inclusion etc.) that operates in a context of groupthink enforcing further the sense of polarisation.
Language is being increasingly policed and causing offence could now be a hate-crime in parts of western Europe. Amidst such infringements on the freedom of speech, a culture of silence is emerging. This can be seen in our universities. They should be theatres of open debate, but instead many shun viewpoint diversity. But, the toxic, zero-sum identity politics that currently plagues academia is spreading now to society at large.
This book explores the nuts and bolts of this identity politics that is weakening and dividing our Continent. The Ideology of Failure asks the most searching questions of the political correctness orthodoxy and gives the reader the tools to talk openly about the topics which we are made to feel awkward about discussing.
Travels in Cultural Nihilism (2nd ed.)
What we have here is a highly original approach to the modern European condition, and Leonard’s diagnosis of the problems of the West, the ideology of failure itself, so to speak, cuts close to the bone in the best possible way, and given his wealth of personal experience, is unlikely to be easily refutable by those who dispute his analysis of the consequences of cultural Leftism. As a work in the tradition of moderate conservatism, steeped in common sense and a wide yet not unfocussed array of scholarship, this book will be invaluable to those seeking to better understand our present situation, caught between a political elite unsympathetic to the people of a rapidly changing Europe on one hand, and a deeply-embedded social culture of liberal orthodoxy which refuses to engage in any meaningful debate on the other.
— A. J. Illingworth,The Burkean
Leonard describes the relationship between cultural nihilism, group think, political correctness and the Eurocrats, which together constitutes the "ideology of failure". He also describes an alternative [...] that goes deeper than just being a reaction to political correctness. (Translated from Swedish)
— Joakim Andersen,Fria Tider
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| Contents | Acknowledgements Preface Introduction I. The Groupthink Trap II. The Political Correctness Folly III. Freedom of speech IV. Losing Those Essential Connections V. What is going on in Sweden? VI. Swedish Air Waves VII. Societies at Risk VIII. Don’t Just Point the Finger at Russia IX. The Globalists in Brussels X. In Denial XI. Over the Brow of the Hill Bibliography Index |
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| Author | Stephen Pax Leonard |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-912079-28-5 |
| ISBN-10 | 1912079283 |
| Edition | 2 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Languages | English |
| Number Of Pages | 288 |
| Product Group | Book |
| Publication Date | 2018-08-31 |
| Publisher | Arktos Media Ltd |
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