This book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from limited monarchy to unlimited democracy. Revisionist in nature, it reaches the conclusion that monarchy, with all its failings, is a lesser evil than mass democracy, but outlines deficiencies in both as systems of guarding liberty.

Narrated by Paul Strikwerda.

© 2001 Taylor and Francis, published 2017 by Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group.

Democracy: The God That Failed

Democracy: God that Failed

This book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from limited monarchy to unlimited democracy. Revisionist in nature, it reaches the conclusion that monarchy, with all its failings, is a lesser evil than mass democracy, but outlines deficiencies in both as systems of guarding liberty.

Narrated by Paul Strikwerda.

Chapter 10. On Conservatism and Libertarianism

Chapter 3. On Monarchy, Democracy, Public Opinion, and Delegitimation

Chapter 2. On Monarchy, Democracy, and the Idea of Natural Order

Chapter 1. On Time Preference, Government, and the Process of Decivilization

Introduction

Acknowledgments

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