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... liberal values , Harvey acknowledged , in a crucial passage , that such values may be on the wane : It may well be , of course , that we are moving towards a form of society where such a state of mind is no longer viable , that liberalism ...
... liberal values , Harvey acknowledged , in a crucial passage , that such values may be on the wane : It may well be , of course , that we are moving towards a form of society where such a state of mind is no longer viable , that liberalism ...
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... liberal and individualis- tic virtues so marvellously preserved and crystallised in the traditional novel are , indeed , on the retreat over a large part of the globe , and have been continuously on the defensive ever since 1914 . There ...
... liberal and individualis- tic virtues so marvellously preserved and crystallised in the traditional novel are , indeed , on the retreat over a large part of the globe , and have been continuously on the defensive ever since 1914 . There ...
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... liberalism that pervades the novel as an ' ideology ' , providing that one does not take this to mean that liberal values are thereby auto- matically dismissed as illusory . The value of Marxist criticism is in letting us see that many ...
... liberalism that pervades the novel as an ' ideology ' , providing that one does not take this to mean that liberal values are thereby auto- matically dismissed as illusory . The value of Marxist criticism is in letting us see that many ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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