Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-04-14
Books mentioned on The Collapse Of The West Or The Birth Of A New Era? - Douglas Murray
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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War and Peace
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a sprawling epic historical novel that chronicles Russian society during the Napoleonic Wars through the intertwined fates of several aristocratic families.
Discussed“this um this thing I've thought about a lot which comes up in Toltoy War and peace which is when the uh two armies are facing off against each other in the old Napoleonic style”
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Life and Fate
Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman is a sweeping twentieth-century epic novel that offers a devastating and deeply human portrayal of the Eastern Front during World War II and the profound ramifications of the Holocaust.
Discussed“So for instance uh the main accusation that the revolutionary Islamic government in Thran uses of the Jewish state of Israel is that it's a uh it's a colonial power... tell me what you accuse the Jews of and I'll tell you what you're guilty of.”
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Madness of Crowds
“I think I was doing the Matters of Crowds and you were in your uh place in Newcastle with a mold on the ceiling.”
Passing The Strange Death of Europe
“Well, I tried in a book some years ago called The Strange Death of Europe and um said almost everything I had to say about that.”
Passing It's not easy being a bunny
“I'm currently at number 12, but number 13 sneaking up behind me is uh it's not easy being a bunny. An early reader book for kids, beginner books, you've probably got it. And um also, but I'm chasing I'm getting very close to catching up with a a great tome you probably know as well called Hippity Hoppity Little Bunny”
Passing Little Blue Truck's springtime
“Also, Little Blue Truck Springtime is doing very well.”
Passing Golfing for cats
“So, he wrote a book called Golfing for Cats with a cat with a swastiker armband on the cover. How did it do? Quite well, actually, I think.”
Passing War on the West
“As I said in my last book, in the war on the West, we have been told that, you know, like we're guilty. I mean, this is all horseshit, by the way, but I mean, you know, that we're uniquely guilty from colonialism or uniquely guilty from slavery”