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On the Counter-Currents Radio fundraiser livestream for July 12th, Greg Johnson is joined by special guests Kevin MacDonald and Ricardo Duchesne to discuss Kevin’s book Individualism and the Western Liberal Tradition, Ricardo’s The Uniqueness of Western Civilization, and the light they throw on contemporary anti-white hysteria. We also answer questions from listeners. (more…)
Niall Ferguson
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In 2011 there appeared two major scholarly works that attempted to investigate the sources of Western supremacy in the modern world, especially in view of the recent rise of China as a potential threat to this supremacy. These are the Puerto Rican-Canadian social historian Ricardo Duchesne’s The Uniqueness of Western Civilization[1] and the British economic historian Niall Ferguson’s Civilization: The West and the Rest.[2] (more…)
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Ricardo Duchesne
The Uniqueness of Western Civilization
Leiden: Brill, 2011
1. Introduction: A Book for Our Times
Every few years I discover a book that is truly great. One that forces me to think in new ways about things familiar, teaches me things I never knew, and inspires in me scores of new ideas and insights. Such a book is Ricardo Duchesne’s The Uniqueness of Western Civilization, (more…)
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