Books, Arts & Manners: Our Revolting Elites

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy, by Christopher Lasch (Norton, 256 pp., $22)

DECLINIST books are very much in style these days, each more alarming or depressing than the previous one. Not that I mind all that much, having long agreed with George Will’s dictum that the only question remaining about the decline of Western civilization is the pace. Indeed, at the American Enterprise Institute, where I toil, we held a panel discussion not long ago on the subject: “Was Western Civilization a Good Idea?” The answer was indefinite.

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Robert H. Bork

The late Mr. Bork was a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute.

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The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy, by Christopher Lasch (Norton, 256 pp., $22)

DECLINIST books are very much in style these days, each more alarming or depressing than the previous one. Not that I mind all that much, having long agreed with George Will’s dictum that the only question remaining about the decline of Western civilization is the pace. Indeed, at the American Enterprise Institute, where I toil, we held a panel discussion not long ago on the subject: “Was Western Civilization a Good Idea?” The answer was indefinite.