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by Conor Cruise O'Brien

A distinguished statesman and man of letters deplores the mounting attacks on Enlightenment values that jeopardize the very survival of the democratic institutions they inspired. Enlivening his grim predictions with dry wit, O'Brien nevertheless conveys an apocalyptic sense of the threats facing democracy as we approach the third millennium.


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I SHALL BEGIN WITH one of W. B. Yeats's most famous poems, "The Second Coming."

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  • Title On the Eve of the Millenium: The Future of Democracy Through an Age of Unreason
  • Author Conor Cruise O'Brien
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st. American Ed
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Free Press, New York
  • Date 1995-11-01
  • ISBN 9780028740942 / 0028740947
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.27 x 5.52 x 0.56 in (21.01 x 14.02 x 1.42 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Catholic Church - Doctrines, Democracy
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95035636
  • Dewey Decimal Code 303.490

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Citations

  • Booklist, 12/01/1995, Page 606
  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/1995, Page 1258
  • New York Times, 11/12/1995, Page 10
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/18/1995, Page 0

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Conor Cruise O'Brien is a distinguished statesman and writer. Over a long and varied career, he has served in the Irish external affairs office; was a member of the Irish delegation to the United Nations (at one point being seconded as a special assistant to UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjld); was elected an Irish Labour Party parliamentarian, later serving in the cabinet; and was appointed editor-in-chief of the London Observer. A contributing editor to The Atlantic Monthly, O'Brien lectures around the world at leading unversities and writes weekly columns for The Independent in Britain and The Irish Independent. His many books include States of Ireland and The Great Melody: A Thematic Biography of Edmund Burke.
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