At Durban the delegates came up with a delicious new term for advanced capitalism — “techno-racism” — and there was a rapturous ovation for Fidel Castro, who was introduced as the leader of “the most democratic country in the world.” The UN’s Mary Robinson declared the Conference a grand success and everyone went home. A little over 48 hours later, three hijacked airliners were flown into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center.
Steyn on "The Slyer Virus"
Mark's essay on the west's anti-westernism is just one of ten in this wide-ranging collection on the precariousness of permanent values in a disposable age. National Review's Jay Nordlinger called Mark's contribution an "essay of eye-popping brilliance"; and the British philosopher Roger Scruton said it "ought to be on every young person's reading list".
This collection features not just Mark but nine other cultural commentators from around the world, reflecting on the direction of our society, from law to art to medicine to what Professor Kenneth Minogue calls "the new epicureanism". Aside from Steyn and Minogue, contributors include Judge Robert Bork, the great English pessimist Anthony Daniels, The New Criterion's Roger Kimball and Hilton Kramer, Eric Ormsby, David Pryce-Jones, Diana Schaub and Keith Windschuttle. We're pleased to offer the 2006 paperback edition of the book, personally autographed by Mark to you or a friend. The Survival of Culture is an indispensable fever chart of our age, and a great read.
