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A review by tisreece
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam by Douglas Murray
5.0
A really well-written and eye-opening book that reminds you of events that seem like they happened yesterday, but you had simultaneously all but forgotten about them.
His arguments, potential solutions and philosophical points are well cited and make you pause for thought, leaving you on the same page much longer than you intended.
To write such a book in these modern times takes a lot of courage, which is exactly why this type of book is needed, so I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone, and is a must-read for anybody living in Europe at the moment. I would most recommend this book to those that are apprehensive about picking it up in the first place.
Side note: I've seen a lot of reviews ripping into some aspects of the book particularly when he is talking about the decline of Christianity. It seems a lot of people have missed the point that this entire section of the book is Douglas Murray posing a philosophical question to future societies. The question in that human civilization has only ever had societies that have had religion in it, and therefore is it possible to live in one without, and if so, what would a society like that look like - or that perhaps political philosophy such as Communism, or the more modern Race Theory ways of thinking may take up the mantle that religion once held in order to bind society together.
His arguments, potential solutions and philosophical points are well cited and make you pause for thought, leaving you on the same page much longer than you intended.
To write such a book in these modern times takes a lot of courage, which is exactly why this type of book is needed, so I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone, and is a must-read for anybody living in Europe at the moment. I would most recommend this book to those that are apprehensive about picking it up in the first place.
Side note: I've seen a lot of reviews ripping into some aspects of the book particularly when he is talking about the decline of Christianity. It seems a lot of people have missed the point that this entire section of the book is Douglas Murray posing a philosophical question to future societies. The question in that human civilization has only ever had societies that have had religion in it, and therefore is it possible to live in one without, and if so, what would a society like that look like - or that perhaps political philosophy such as Communism, or the more modern Race Theory ways of thinking may take up the mantle that religion once held in order to bind society together.