Really appreciate these reflections, Alastair and Susannah. They encompass and refine a lot of the questions that my students raise as we study British history and literature,; 'm going to be referring back to these thoughts in the future.
Susannah, I see what you did there (abandoning the NRx acronym and spelling out "Neoreactionaries").
BTW, you should read this related post by the music critic Ted Gioia (also here on Substack) concerning Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock", though that particular historical folly happened in the 1970's, not the 1870's... https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/in-1970-alvin-toffler-predicted-the
Really appreciate these reflections, Alastair and Susannah. They encompass and refine a lot of the questions that my students raise as we study British history and literature,; 'm going to be referring back to these thoughts in the future.
Thank you!
Susannah, I see what you did there (abandoning the NRx acronym and spelling out "Neoreactionaries").
BTW, you should read this related post by the music critic Ted Gioia (also here on Substack) concerning Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock", though that particular historical folly happened in the 1970's, not the 1870's... https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/in-1970-alvin-toffler-predicted-the