William D. Gairdner

WAR AGAINST THE FAMILY

A Parent Speaks Out on the Political, Economic, and Social Policies That Threaten Us All

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Produktbeschreibung

THE GROUNDBREAKING BESTSELLER, is back in print! Widely recognized as the most powerful and complete critique of the war against the family presently taking place in Western democracies. Inspired by his own passionate experience as a son, husband, and father, Gairdner offers in this book a forum for a long-overdue debate about the future of the family in Western civilization. Gairdner traces the war against the family to an egalitarian ideology that begins with Plato and survives today as a utopian liberalism that has become a caricature of itself, everywhere promoting the equality and rights of individuals, but ignoring their duties and obligations. Driven by its devotion to egalitarianism and the promise of what can only be a morally and socially irresponsible form of "freedom," the modern state effectively weakens all of society, of which the traditional the family unit is the most important element. So constituted, the modern democratic state is driven to target the family unit as a bastion of privacy, privilege, and moral authority at odds with the state's own secular and egalitarian motives. Hence, the war against the family. All those who are concerned about the direction of modern life and the country they are leaving for future generations are sure to benefit from this cri de coeur written by a man of deep experience and searing insight.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kinetics Design - kdbooks.ca
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 957g
• ISBN-13: 9781988360546
• ISBN-10: 1988360544
• Artikelnr.: 67814920

Autorenporträt

As a young athlete, Bill competed in the decathlon at the Pan-Am Games in Brazil and at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, and then in two Commonwealth Games (Jamaica, 1966, and Edinburgh, 1970), in the 400 metre hurdles event. After earning a PhD from Stanford University, he taught English Literature at York University, then pursued a career in business, from which he retired in 1988 to devote his time to writing. In quick succession he produced a string of bestselling books, including The Trouble With Canada, The War Against The Family, The Book of Absolutes, and Canada's Founding Debates -- an historical landmark, DISRUPTIVE ESSAYS: There Are No Safe Spaces in This Book!, His most recent book is The French Traveler: Adventure, Exploration & Indian Life In Eighteenth-Century Canada. Blog: www.williamgairdner.ca Twitter: @williamgairdner