Saturday, November 14, 2009

On Power and Politics

Daniel J. Mahoney: Bertrand de Jouvenel: The Conservative Liberal and the Illusions of ModernityThe American Conservative reruns a review of Daniel J. Mahoney's Bertrand de Jouvenel: The Conservative Liberal and the Illusions of Modernity.

From the review:

Jouvenel introduces the startling notion, later amplified, that the modern democratic state is potentially the most dangerous regime that has ever existed.

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