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Reacting to the calamitous first half of the twentieth century, our political, cultural, and financial elites promoted open borders, open markets, and open minds. Reno argues that we are witnessing the return of the “strong gods”-the powerful loyalties that bind men to their homeland and to one another. Reno explains, better than any book I can remember, the present-day progressive's paranoid fear of fascism and neurotic determination to ferret out racism where none exists." - The Wall Street JournalĪfter the staggering slaughter of back-to-back world wars, the West embraced the ideal of the “open society.” The promise: By liberating ourselves from the old attachments to nation, clan, and religion that had fueled centuries of violence, we could build a prosperous world without borders, freed from dogmas and managed by experts.īut the populism and nationalism that are upending politics in America and Europe are a sign that after three generations, the postwar consensus is breaking down.
It is incisively written and full of modern observations. "'Return of the Strong Gods,'.is a thoughtful contribution to American political debate.
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