What is Paul Kingsnorth for?
A fashion for pessimism?
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A former Tory MP takes issue with a book arguing that liberal democracy has had its day
Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity
PAUL KINGSNORTH
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A striking example of the current fashion for being against things, Against the Machine is against capitalism, globalism and “progress”. It is against the chauvinist right and the radical left. It is against identity politics, atheism and modern information technology. Above all, it is against liberalism: it asserts that “liberal modernity … is doomed”.
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