Optimism and the West

We’re moving rapidly into a post-western world, and Suicide of the West by Chris Smith and Richard Koch is a great primer on what that could mean. Now in paperback, this is a short and lucid polemic on the achievements of western civilisation over the last 2000 years, and the threats western liberalism now faces. The book isn’t as pessimistic as its title suggests – in fact, Smith and Koch argue that optimism is one of the great western principles, one that we must keep alive. An exhilarating read. More at www.amazon.co.uk

1 August 2007, posted by Robert Jones