Identifying a Free Society offers a holistic approach to modern free society constituted of democracy and a free economy, culture, and civil society. The book identifies liberal societies as the frees
The Enlightenment of the late 17th and 18th century is characterized by an emphasis on reason and empiricism . As a major shaping philosophy of Western culture, it had a historical impact on the relig
This is a book about modern liberal society and its adversaries. The book rediscovers and rehabilitates much maligned, especially in America, liberalism as the ideal system of liberty in relation to a
Zafirovski (sociology, U. of North Texas) argues that the destiny, like the genesis, of the US is essentially embedded and and predicted by Calvinism, in the form of the Puritanism of its English-Amer
This book identifies and documents the several ways conservatism functions as the nemesis of the democracy and the free market. He provides discussion on forms of conservative government and the rise
Along with communism, fascism, and other threats to Western "free society," Zafirovski (sociology, U. of North Texas) identifies conservatism, especially in its American variety, as the antithesis of
Zafirovski (sociology, U. of North Texas) argues that contemporary conservatism, especially as manifested in the United States, is the nemesis of modern free society. He supports this argument by disc
This book explores the historical and contemporary relationships of Protestant Puritanism to political and social authoritarianism. It focuses on Puritanism’s original, subsequent and modern influence
