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anal4seinfeld's review against another edition
3.0
A true friend is a friend who's willing to tell you the hard hitting truth in the face when you've gone too far.
In 'The War on the West', Douglas Murray proves himself to be the modern progressive movement's true friend.
With British charm and sarcastic intellect Murray logically dismantles and exposes a worrying phenomenon that appears to be taking over Western culture from the inside.
Valid as his criticism is, Murray has a tendency to present it in a judgmental tone, which is fair, but at the cost of a more thorough constructive analysis. Basically, it's a book that seemingly aims to affirm its readers' view rather than convince, using too many anecdotes alongside with clear negative trends.
This is most noticeable where Murray drifts into philosophical and literary ramblings in which he seems to take personal offense to these attacks on the West, rather than leave it as a logical response with counter-arguments to the issues presented.
Personally, as an Israeli, it gave me a frame from which I can understand the anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism prevalent throughout the West post the October 7th attacks (Israel being mistakenly viewed as a symbol of colonialism to the self-hating West).
And as an Israeli, which is to say, a Westerner from a non-American or European country, I was unfamiliar with CRT aside from an occasional mention in the first place.
To summarize, it's a good case, especially if you're familiar with, and enjoy, Douglas Murray's argumentation.
But it could have been an op-ed.
In 'The War on the West', Douglas Murray proves himself to be the modern progressive movement's true friend.
With British charm and sarcastic intellect Murray logically dismantles and exposes a worrying phenomenon that appears to be taking over Western culture from the inside.
Valid as his criticism is, Murray has a tendency to present it in a judgmental tone, which is fair, but at the cost of a more thorough constructive analysis. Basically, it's a book that seemingly aims to affirm its readers' view rather than convince, using too many anecdotes alongside with clear negative trends.
This is most noticeable where Murray drifts into philosophical and literary ramblings in which he seems to take personal offense to these attacks on the West, rather than leave it as a logical response with counter-arguments to the issues presented.
Personally, as an Israeli, it gave me a frame from which I can understand the anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism prevalent throughout the West post the October 7th attacks (Israel being mistakenly viewed as a symbol of colonialism to the self-hating West).
And as an Israeli, which is to say, a Westerner from a non-American or European country, I was unfamiliar with CRT aside from an occasional mention in the first place.
To summarize, it's a good case, especially if you're familiar with, and enjoy, Douglas Murray's argumentation.
But it could have been an op-ed.
junypaganmd's review against another edition
4.0
(Recomiendo leer primero el capítulo 10 de La extraña muerte de Europa, titulado «La tiranía de la culpa», como preludio a este libro).
En su estilo único, similar al de sus dos libros anteriores, La extraña muerte de Europa y La masa enfurecida, Douglas Murray documenta lo que se ha convertido en la guerra contra Occidente, prácticamente contra todo lo que lo rodea. Y en el frente de la batalla está el propio Occidente, o una parte radical del mismo. En sus propias palabras:
El libro es más del pensamiento un tanto conservador de Murray sobre la situación sociopolítica actual. Por tanto, es prácticamente la misma línea de sus dos libros anteriores, criticando los aspectos más divisivos e incoherentes de una parte de la izquierda vigente. Aun así, sigue siendo un buen libro para conocer esta obsesión casi masoquista de declararnos la guerra a nosotros mismos, reviviendo y fetichizando la raza, el privilegio, el poder y, por supuesto, todo lo que no sea o no tenga que ver con Occidente, creando una de las mayores divisiones políticas de los últimos tiempos.
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* Traducción personal
En su estilo único, similar al de sus dos libros anteriores, La extraña muerte de Europa y La masa enfurecida, Douglas Murray documenta lo que se ha convertido en la guerra contra Occidente, prácticamente contra todo lo que lo rodea. Y en el frente de la batalla está el propio Occidente, o una parte radical del mismo. En sus propias palabras:
La cultura que dio al mundo los avances que salvan vidas en la ciencia, la medicina y un mercado libre que ha sacado de la pobreza a miles de millones de personas en todo el mundo y ha ofrecido el mayor florecimiento del pensamiento en cualquier parte del mundo es interrogada a través de una lente de la más profunda hostilidad y simplicidad. [...] A las nuevas generaciones se les enseña esta visión ignorante de la historia. Se les ofrece una historia de los fallos de Occidente sin dedicar el tiempo correspondiente a sus glorias.*
El libro es más del pensamiento un tanto conservador de Murray sobre la situación sociopolítica actual. Por tanto, es prácticamente la misma línea de sus dos libros anteriores, criticando los aspectos más divisivos e incoherentes de una parte de la izquierda vigente. Aun así, sigue siendo un buen libro para conocer esta obsesión casi masoquista de declararnos la guerra a nosotros mismos, reviviendo y fetichizando la raza, el privilegio, el poder y, por supuesto, todo lo que no sea o no tenga que ver con Occidente, creando una de las mayores divisiones políticas de los últimos tiempos.
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jedwardsusc's review against another edition
2.0
It seems like Murray had enough genuine concerns to fill a couple of decently sized articles. Unfortunately, he wanted a book, and he decided to pack the rest of the space with a predicable assortment of straw attacks and slippery slope arguments. If you sift through the silliness and the faux rage, Murray presents a few reasonable critiques, but it's a lot of sifting for relatively little payoff.
xfajardo's review against another edition
3.0
Murray, quién claramente es un excelente orador nos enumera las múltiples formas que se está atacando la cultura de Occidente. Si bien hay algunos puntos válidos e interesantes, es evidente que Murray se pone la camiseta del Team White y su sesgo permea todo su discurso.