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9781581820577

Grand Illusions

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  • ISBN13:

    9781581820577

  • ISBN10:

    1581820577

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-03-01
  • Publisher: Cumberland House

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Author Biography

George Grant is the director of the King's Meadow Study Center, editor of the Arx Axiom and Stirling Bridge newsletters, editorial director of Highland Books, president of the Covenant Classical School Association, and professor of moral philosophy at Bannockburn College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xxiii
Preface to the Fourth Edition xxv
Grand Evasions
Introduction 1(10)
Ad Vitum
PART I: THE ILLUSION
In the Heat of the Fight: A Wild Start
11(12)
Sex, Lies, and Political Correctness: A Flash in the Pan
23(26)
Without a Choice: The Empire Strikes Back
49(18)
PART II: THE LEGACY
Bad Seed: The Historical Legacy
67(18)
Machiavellian Medicine: The Scientific Legacy
85(28)
Human Weeds: The Racial Legacy
113(12)
Selling Sex: The Educational Legacy
125(22)
Robber Barons: The Financial Legacy
147(20)
Your Tax Dollars at Work: The Institutional Legacy
167(16)
The Camera Blinked: The Media Legacy
183(20)
Global Reimaging: The International Legacy
203(18)
A Divine Tragedy: The Religious Legacy
221(18)
Corporate Reinvention: The Final Legacy
239(14)
PART III: THE OBSOLESCENCE
Slaying Dragons: A Commitment
253(24)
Idols for Destruction: A Strategy
277(34)
Altars for Construction: An Agenda
311(20)
This Too Shall Pass: A Promise
331(4)
PART IV: RESOURCES
Appendix A: The Faithful Witness: Making a Presentation 335(4)
Appendix B: Pro-Life Activism: A Social Gospel? 339(8)
Appendix C: Select Bibliographic Resources 347(18)
End Notes 365(58)
Index 423(8)
About the Author 431

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