The 2010 Chris R. Tame Memorial Prize
£1,000 to be Won
In honour of Dr Chris R. Tame (1949-2006), The Libertarian Alliance offers
a yearly prize of £1,000 for an essay on a subject to be announced by Dr
Sean Gabb, Director of the Libertarian Alliance.
By Monday the 25th October 2010, contestants are invited to submit essays
to Dr Sean Gabb, Director of the Libertarian Alliance.
Essay Title: "Would a libertarian society deprive individuals of cultural
roots and collective identity?"
Essay Length: 3,000 words excluding notes and bibliography
Explanatory Note
Something that variously inspires and terrifies is that claim that Islam
resets the clock in any society where it is widely adopted. For example,
the ancient histories of Persia and Egypt were obliterated between the 7th
and the 9th centuries - so much so that they were only revealed to the
natives of those countries in the 19th century by western scholars.
Would the achievement of libertarian hegemony result in a similar wipe
out? Is it possible that the libertarian inhabitants of a future British
Isles would regard Westminster Abbey and Trafalgar Square with the same
utilitarian indifference as, until recently, Egyptian Moslems did the
Great Pyramid and the Temple at Karnak? Libertarianism, after all, is an
ideology of personal rights. Doubtless, a libertarians will continue to
get married and have children, and will form networks of friends. They
will trade and cooperate extensively. Many will go to church or whatever.
Most, one hopes, will take pleasure in charitable giving. But will they
have the same cultural roots and collective identity as Englishmen and
Frenchmen of our own day still have? Are these things actually valuable?
Are they simply part of a discourse that keeps people enslaved? Or are
they parts of a sedative that keeps us from seeing the full horror of
death and taxes?
These notes are not to be regarded as exhaustive prompts. The winning
essay may well take a different approach to the title. And originality is
welcomed. Entrants may wish to find a similarity between our title for
this year's prize and the "Libertarianism and Racial Nationalism" essay
contest run earlier this year by The Occidental Observer. While we are
unlikely to give £1,000 to someone for arguing that libertarianism is part
of a Jewish plot to destroy white racial identity, some familiarity with
this type of critique may be useful.
Rules
•Essays must be original and previously unpublished works.
•Essays must be fully referenced.
•Essays must be submitted in English and typed and in hard copy by sending
to The Libertarian Alliance, Suite 35, 2 Lansdowne Row, Mayfair, London
W1J 6H, United Kingdom.
•Essays must also be submitted by e-mail and in MS Word format to Sean
Gabb - sean@libertarian.co.uk .
•Essays must bear the name and full address of the author, including his
e-mail address. The name does not need to be genuine, but work submitted
under what Sean Gabb considers an absurd pseudonym may be rejected.
Certainly, the prize money will be by cheque, and so must be made out to a
real person.
•Essays must have been received ain both hard and soft copy no later than
Monday the 25th October 2010.
•The winner will be announced on the evening of Saturday the 25th October
2008, at the banquet of the Libertarian Alliance Conference, to be held at
the National Liberal Club in London.
•The winner may be required to make a ten minute acceptance speech on
Saturday the 30th October 2010, at the banquet of the Libertarian Alliance
Conference, to be held at the National Liberal Club in London. This speech
may be made in person, or by pre-recorded video, or may be read out by
Sean Gabb, .
•The prize will be £1,000, made out to the winner and payable in Sterling
by cheque drawn on one of the United Kingdom clearing banks. No other form
of payment will be considered.
•The winning essay will be published by the Libertarian Alliance. All
essays submitted will be published by the Libertarian Alliance.
•In all matters of deciding the winner of the Prize and in all associated
matters, the decision of Sean Gabb shall be final.
•The act of submitting an essay shall constitute full acceptance of these
terms
•This prize competition is not open to any Officer of the Libertarian
Alliance or of the Libertarian International, or to any previous winner of
the competition.
For all questions, please contact Sean Gabb, though be prepared to wait
for an answer.
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Sean Gabb
Director, The Libertarian Alliance (Carbon Positive since 1979)
sean@libertarian.co.uk Tel: 07956 472 199
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<http://tinyurl.com/l8uj8r> ("Fascinating to read, very well written, an
intriguing plot" Derek Jacobi); "Terror of Constantinople"
<http://tinyurl.com/n9ugw3> ("Nasty, fun and educational" The Daily
Telegraph); "Blood of Alexandria" <http://tinyurl.com/356mwdr>. "Sword of
Damascus" will be published in June 2011. Buy them for your own enjoyment.
Buy them as presents for your friends and loved one
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