Authority and its enemies

By Thomas Steven Molnar

Book Overview

Ideological warfare against authority, especially in the world of higher education, broke out in the 1960s, and continues into the 1990s. No source or symbol of authority escaped untouched--neither... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870003402
• ISBN13: 9780870003400
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Arlington House Publishers
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A brilliant description of authority and its current eclipse

The "suicide of the West" is a puzzle to both friend and foe. In this short but, creative volume, Thomas Molnar sees the collapse of our civilization as rooted in a failure of authority to assert itself. Due to an assortment of leftist critiques over recent centuries the sources of authority in the West are now handcuffed. The proper wielding of authority is seen as non-democratic and against the freedoms of pluralism and egalitarian society. Molnar shows what authority, in essence, is and how it could possibly be restored in our culture. In the end, though, he remains far from optimistic about our future if devoid, as it is at present, of authority.