Western Civilisation and its Discontents

It’s been a wild month here; just as my new book was released, my employer ACU suddenly announced a change plan that saw me and 40 other academics be ‘disestablished.’ I don’t know what the future holds, but in the meantime I carry on with my writings. Here is a book review that I was asked to write during this difficult time, in which I interweave some thoughts on ACU’s actions. My review on Naoise Mac Sweeney’s new work The West: A New History of an Old Idea.

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