From the desk of Michael Presley on Mon, 2011-02-21 09:50 Alain de Benoist's 1985 book length essay, The Problem of Democracy is now available from the Arktos publishing house. Outside of specialist circles, and certainly within English speaking countries, Alain de Benoist may not be particularly well known. However, with a more popular emergence of a new conservative political thinking, an intellectual strain divorced from traditional Buckleyist and neo-conservative schools, but grounded in more classical views of government and social relations, de Benoist's words may gain better familiarity. Our copy arrived as a well-bound hardback edition sporting either an aesthetically questionable or intentionally humorous dust jacket. The book is good quality and should hold up through many readings. No subject or name index is provided, however editor John Morgan added additional notes wherever explanatory assistance was deemed necessary. Editor Morgan also provided, if available, English language citations for sources referenced in the original French, and Tomislav Sunic authored a Preface. A translator is not identified. The Problem of Democracyconsists of five chapters written in a general expository style along with an appended summary: Ten Thesis on Democracy. It must be noted that the author's prose style is both straightforward and eminently readable. Those expecting something typically academic, something typically arcane, or in a style similar to that of, say, Jacques Derrida, will be disappointed.Alain de Benoist and the Democratic Problem
Monday, 21 February 2011
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