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How Civilizations Die (and Why Islam Is Dying Too)
- Author
- David Goldman
- Narrator
- Tom Weiner
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 20 September 2011
- Run Time
- 8 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Past and present civilizations fail for many reasons, but the number one predictor of a civilization’s survival is its sense of religion—or lack thereof. So argues First Things columnist David Goldman in How Civilizations Die (and Why Islam Is Dying Too). The strength of a civilization’s religion affects its purpose, its fertility rate, and ultimately, its fate, says Goldman—who then argues that, contrary to popular belief, Islamic countries are in the last throes of death while Christian America is in a position to flourish. Goldman goes on to say that America must embrace our exceptionalism and stop trying to save Muslim countries that are determined to destroy themselves. Original, stunning, and provocative, How Civilizations Die shows the power of religion to save—or doom—a society and why, if we stick to our principles, we will emerge as leader of another American century.
Critics Review
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“In How Civilizations Die, David Goldman muses on population trends and religion with a breathtaking depth, originality, and panache. Some of his startling but documented predictions: Europe is in its death throes. Muslim demographic collapse will undercut Islamic triumphalism. The United States and Israel will emerge triumphant. And that’s just the start.”
Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East Forum and Taube Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University
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“Ask anyone in the intelligence business to name the world’s most brilliant intelligence service and we’ll all give the same answer: Oswald Spengler. David P. Goldman’s ‘Spengler’ columns provide more insight than the CIA, MI6, and the Mossad combined.”
Herbert E. Meyer, special assistant to the director of Central Intelligence and vice chairman of the CIA’s National Intelligence Council in the Reagan administration
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“How Civilizations Die is a clever book: sharply constructed, nicely written, and filled with the mischievous spirit that makes a book fun to read. And yet, most of all, David Goldman has produced a frightening book. This is a horror story, more disturbing than anything from Frankenstein to The Shining—because it’s set in the real world. Our world and its terrifying future.”
Joseph Bottum, contributing editor, Weekly Standard
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“Oswald Spengler’s Decline of the West was required reading when I was a college student and David Goldman’s contemporary argument should be required reading today.”
Herb London, president emeritus of the Hudson Institute
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“David Goldman has explored the political implications of demography with rare insight. How Civilizations Die (and Why Islam is Dying Too) is a mind-expanding peek into the likely political future of our planet.”
Mary Ann Glendon, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard University
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“Spengler at his best is dazzling, a philosophical high-wire act, swinging gracefully from platform to platform.”
Michael Ledeen, Freedom Scholar at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and former special advisor to the secretary of state
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“Narrator Tom Weiner’s resonant voice never lets up…Weiner’s understanding of the author’s argument is seamless, and he delivers an authentic and sobering learning experience. For a memorable perspective on some important challenges facing Eastern and Western civilizations, these rich insights will shift or deepen the world affairs paradigms offered by the mainstream media.”
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- Author
- David Goldman
- Narrator
- Tom Weiner
- Duration
- 8 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 September 2011
- ISBN
- 9781481589048
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Politics and government, Social and cultural history, International relations, Social groups: religious groups and communities
Synopsis
Past and present civilizations fail for many reasons, but the number one predictor of a civilization’s survival is its sense of religion—or lack thereof. So argues First Things columnist David Goldman in How Civilizations Die (and Why Islam Is Dying Too). The strength of a civilization’s religion affects its purpose, its fertility rate, and ultimately, its fate, says Goldman—who then argues that, contrary to popular belief, Islamic countries are in the last throes of death while Christian America is in a position to flourish. Goldman goes on to say that America must embrace our exceptionalism and stop trying to save Muslim countries that are determined to destroy themselves. Original, stunning, and provocative, How Civilizations Die shows the power of religion to save—or doom—a society and why, if we stick to our principles, we will emerge as leader of another American century.
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