Douglas Murray

Dette er en britisk bestselger. For tjue år siden fantes det knapt støtte til homoekteskap, mens nesten ingen tør være åpent imot det i dag. Idet likestillingen mellom menn og kvinner er større enn noensinne, utbres tanken om at vi lever i et patriarkat. Og i en tid hvor relasjonene mellom raser blir stadig bedre, gjennomsyres samfunnet angivelig av en «systemisk rasisme» vi må gjøre bot for. Diskusjoner om slike ting har uskrevne regler for hva som er akseptabelt å si, og disse håndheves nådeløst. Et uheldig ord kan avslutte karrierer og vennskap, og utløse massiv fordømmelse. Samtidig blir historiske skikkelser sensurert og minnesmerker over dem fjernet fordi de ikke levde opp til noen moralske standarder som gjør seg gjeldende i dag. Hvordan kan slike temaer forgifte samfunnsklimaet og skape så bitre stridigheter? Og hvordan kunne den frie diskusjonen bli undertrykt hos de institusjonene som er opprettet for å bevare den? Årsakene er sammensatte og stikker dypt, forklarer Douglas Murray. Den postmoderne epokens tap av livsmening måtte erstattes, og inn kom den ideologiske kampen. Postmarxistiske ideer som mest hadde vært akademiske leketøy, vant frem med hjelp fra ideologiske allierte hos store IT-selskaper som nå bestemmer hva folk skal lese og tenke. Forfatteren gir en makeløs analyse av den ideologiske bølgen kalt identitetspolitikk, eller «woke», og viser absurditeten i utslagene. Kjønn kan f.eks. flyte fritt til omgivelsenes applaus, mens det er strengt forbudt å antyde at seksuell orientering kan flyte fra homofili til heterofili. Vi nærmet oss en tilstand der rase, kjønn og legning ikke betydde så mye lenger, analyserer Murray, men nå går vi i en farlig retning hvor de betyr alt. Livet må avpolitiseres mer, og en større generøsitet overfor andre mennesker må kultiveres, konkluderer han.

Three lives, three pebbles dropped into the sea, the ripples converging into transient patterns of interconnection as they each try to come to terms with their fragility and search for meaning. This search ultimately leads them all back to the boathouse, to rediscover the profound impact it had upon their lives. The Boathouse is a story about the healing power of writing and our human need to leave something behind to show that our life had meaning, or in Japanese our ikigai, our reason for living. The novel is in three parts as the three main protagonists take it in turns to describe their life in an old boathouse on the west coast of Hokkaido. A wandering beggar, a young fisherwoman, and an old poet, united in their experience of the healing power of telling the story of their time in the boathouse.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERUpdated with a new afterword'Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - Jordan B. Peterson 'An excellent take on the lunacy affecting much of the world today. Douglas is one of the bright lights that could lead us out of the darkness.' - Joe Rogan Are we living through the great derangement of our times? In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of 'woke' culture and the rise of identity politics. In lively, razor-sharp prose he examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, with interludes on the Marxist foundations of 'wokeness', the impact of tech and how, in an increasingly online culture, we must relearn the ability to forgive. One of the few writers who dares to counter the prevailing view and question the dramatic changes in our society - from gender reassignment for children to the impact of transgender rights on women - Murray's penetrating book, now published with a new afterword taking account of the book's reception and responding to the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, clears a path of sanity through the fog of our modern predicament.

WITH A NEW FOREWORD AND REVISED INTRODUCTION'A superb biography ... full of compassion, perception' Roger Lewis, The Times 'I love this book. Douglas Murray is a genius' Rupert EverettLord Alfred Douglas, known as 'Bosie', son of the Marquess of Queensberry, was known as one of the most beautiful young men of his generation. Aged twenty-one he met and became the lover and subsequent obsession of Oscar Wilde. Their relationship caused a scandal in 1895 when Wilde took Queensberry, Douglas's aggressive father, to court for libel. When the details of their relationship were aired in court, Wilde was convicted of gross indecency and later imprisoned. Wilde's story is well known, but this is the first book to tell it fully from Douglas's perspective. Written, and originally published in 2000, with access to never-before-seen papers , Bosie explores the contradictions, tensions and turmoils of Douglas's life with Wilde and beyond as a poet, husband and father. This compelling biography uncovers the life of one of the most notorious figures in literary history, and its course from gilded beautiful youth to semi-reclusive outcast, at the time of Douglas's death in 1945.

Med ”Hordernes hærgen” har den britiske forfatter og debattør Douglas Murray sat sig for at dokumentere og afsløre den voldsomme og radikaliserede udvidelse af det, der er kendt som politisk korrekthed, og som i de senere år har bredt sig fra Nordamerika og Storbritannien til Kontinentaleuropa som social justice-tænkning. Den finder blandt andet sin fremtrædelsesform i LGBTQ+, #MeToo og senest BLM. Hvor forskelligartede – og indbyrdes stridende – disse bevægelser end kan være, så udgør de et angreb på vor liberale samfundsorden. Med et implicit krav på at være eksponent for dyden opstiller disse bevægelsers aktivister særkrav for påståede ”underprivilegerede og undertrykte grupper”, og gennem terrorlignende massehandlinger på de sociale medier forsøger de at etablere en meningscensur efter deres egne retningslinier. Resultatet er en partikularisme, der fremmer yderligere segregering i vore samfund. Herved bliver det til en trussel mod det civilisationsbærende majoritetssamfund, der affærdiges som ”hvide mænd”, og som i et stærkt relativeret historiesyn udskammes som årsagen til alle reelle såvel som forestillede ulykker. I fire kapitler om henholdsvis homoseksualitet, kvinder, race og transkønnethed dokumenterer Murray tilstanden og de midler, hvormed aktivister udøver pres på institutioner og enkeltpersoner. I supplerende kapitler redegør han for, hvorledes marxismen og den teknologiske udvikling udgør et grundlag for de bevægelser, der nu hærger vore samfund.

In his devastating new book The Madness of Crowds, Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race. He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and 'intersectionality'. We are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsed. In their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news media. Narrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal - and, as Murray shows, the casualties are mounting. Readers of all political persuasions cannot afford to ignore Murray's masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book, in which he seeks to inject some sense into the discussion around this generation's most complicated issues. He ends with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysteria.

Ett spöke går runt i världen ... men denna ­gång handlar det inte om kommunismen, utan om den så kallade identitets­politiken. Enligt denna ideologi defini­eras ­­männi­­skor inte utifrån klass eller politiska pre­ferenser, utan utifrån en rad olika iden­ti­teter. I Kollektiv galenskap undersöker Douglas Murray hur det identi­tets­politiska ­tänkandet har vuxit fram och hur det har tagit sig uttryck på fyra olika områden: homosexua­litet, feminism, ­etnicitet och transsexualism. Det gemensamma för dessa frågor, menar han, är bland annat att de började som legitima rörelser för mänskliga rättigheter, men att de någonstans längs vägen tappade riktningen. Istället för jämlikhet, har vi fått allt mer krav på särbehandling. Istället för betoning på individuella meriter, har vi fått allt mer krav på representation och mångfald. ­Istället för öppen debatt, har vi fått allt mer krav på censur och nedtystande av oliktänkande. "Det här är en författare som har specialiserat sig på att uttrycka vad alla egentligen redan vet men är för att ­rädda att säga öppet ... Murrays argument är både väl ­formulerade och väl uppbackade och hans iakttagelser är skarpa." Lionel Shriver i Times "Helt enkelt lysande. Efter att ha läst boken kände jag mig som att det var första gången på flera år som jag ­andats frisk luft. I tider av ­kollektiv galenskap finns det inget mer uppfriskande och i sanning provocerande än sunt ­förnuft." Sam Harris "Murrays senaste bok är mer än briljant och bör läsas, måste läsas, av alla. Han avslöjar skonings­löst det hyckleri och de generande mot­sägelser som så ymnigt ­förekommer i dagens woke-mode." Richard Dawkins "Murrays bok gör läsarens en stor tjänst genom att blott­­lägga den vänster-modernistiska ­trosuppfattningens över­­­drifter." Eric Kaufmann i Financial TimesDouglas Murray är författare och journalist. Han är kolumnist i Spectator och medverkar regel­bundet i bl.a. Sunday Times och Wall Street Journal. År 2017 utgav han The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam (Bloomsbury), som har översatts till 26 språk och i England sålt i över 100000 exemplar.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER "An excellent take on the lunacy affecting much of the world today. Douglas is one of the bright lights that could lead us out of the darkness." - Joe Rogan "Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues" - Jordan B. Peterson Are we living through the great derangement of our times? In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of 'woke' culture and the rise of identity politics. In lively, razor-sharp prose he examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, with interludes on the Marxist foundations of 'wokeness', the impact of tech and how, in an increasingly online culture, we must relearn the ability to forgive. One of the few writers who dares to counter the prevailing view and question the dramatic changes in our society - from gender reassignment for children to the impact of transgender rights on women - Murray's penetrating book clears a path of sanity through the fog of our modern predicament.

Europa befinder sig i en dyb krise. Efter krigene og de totalitære ideologiers hærgen i det 20. århundredes første halvdel førte en hidtil uset vækst i vest-europæernes velstand i århundredets anden halvdel til konsumerisme på bekostning af det, DouglasMurray betragter som den europæiske kulturs tre søjler: kristen-dommen, den græske humanisme og oplysningen. Resultatet er et billede af en kultur i sin endelige nedgangsfase, i ”eksistentiel træthed” – en kultur, der er mere fokuseret på at dyrke sin”historiske skyld” og ”universelle menneskerettigheder” end sine præstationer. Som om dette ikke er slemt nok, så har Vesteuropa igennem de seneste 60 år først fremmet og derefter passivt accepteret en masseindvandring af muslimer fra Mellemøsten og Nordafrika. Europæiske politikere har mod en stadig større folkelig modstand givet et historisk set aggressivt og ekspanderende politisk-religiøst system indpas i Europa, hvor den svage og identitetsløsekultur ikke har vist sig i stand til at hævde sig over for de indvandredes kultur, der er i direkte konfrontation med den kristne etik, den europæiske retstradition og de demokratiske principper forstyringen af de samfund ,vi har udviklet gennem århundreder. Det er den perfekte opskrift på kaos og – som nogle mener det – på borgerkrig. Det er den situation som Douglas Murray skildrer og dokumenterer i ”Europas undergang”.

The Sunday Times number one bestseller The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth-rates, mass immigration and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own comprehensive change as a society. This book is not only an analysis of demographic and political realities, but also an eyewitness account of a continent in self-destruct mode. It includes reporting from across the entire continent, from the places where migrants land to the places they end up, from the people who appear to welcome them in to the places which cannot accept them. Told from this first-hand perspective, and backed with impressive research and evidence, the book addresses the disappointing failure of multiculturalism, Angela Merkel's U-turn on migration, the lack of repatriation and the Western fixation on guilt. Murray travels to Berlin, Paris, Scandinavia, Lampedusa and Greece to uncover the malaise at the very heart of the European culture, and to hear the stories of those who have arrived in Europe from far away. In each chapter he also takes a step back to look at the bigger issues which lie behind a continent's death-wish, answering the question of why anyone, let alone an entire civilisation, would do this to themselves? He ends with two visions of Europe - one hopeful, one pessimistic - which paint a picture of Europe in crisis and offer a choice as to what, if anything, we can do next.

The internationally bestselling and highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth-rates, mass immigration and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own comprehensive change as a society. The Strange Death of Europe is not only an analysis of demographic and political realities, but also an eyewitness account, reporting from across the entire continent, from the places where migrants land to the places they end up, from the people who appear to welcome them to the places which cannot accept them. Told from this first-hand perspective, and backed with impressive research and evidence, the book addresses the disappointing failure of multiculturalism, Angela Merkel's U-turn on migration, the lack of repatriation and the Western fixation on guilt. Murray travels to Berlin, Paris, Scandinavia, Lampedusa and Greece to uncover the malaise at the very heart of the European culture, and to hear the stories of those who have arrived in Europe from far away. He ends with two visions of Europe - one hopeful, one pessimistic - which paint a picture of Europe in crisis and offer a choice as to what, if anything, we can do next.

Douglas Murray er en kjent britisk forfatter, journalist og politisk kommentator. Han startet tenketanken Centre for Social Cohesion, er direktør for Henry Jackson Society og er assisterende redaktør i The Spectator. Han skriver også for Standpoint og Wall Street Journal. Douglas Murray deltar ofte i TV-debatter i Storbritannia og USA.

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A WATERSTONES POLITICS PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR, 2018 The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth-rates, mass immigration and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own comprehensive change as a society. This book is not only an analysis of demographic and political realities, but also an eyewitness account of a continent in self-destruct mode. It includes reporting from across the entire continent, from the places where migrants land to the places they end up, from the people who appear to welcome them in to the places which cannot accept them. Told from this first-hand perspective, and backed with impressive research and evidence, the book addresses the disappointing failure of multiculturalism, Angela Merkel’s U-turn on migration, the lack of repatriation and the Western fixation on guilt. Murray travels to Berlin, Paris, Scandinavia, Lampedusa and Greece to uncover the malaise at the very heart of the European culture, and to hear the stories of those who have arrived in Europe from far away. In each chapter he also takes a step back to look at the bigger issues which lie behind a continent’s death-wish, answering the question of why anyone, let alone an entire civilisation, would do this to themselves? He ends with two visions of Europe – one hopeful, one pessimistic – which paint a picture of Europe in crisis and offer a choice as to what, if anything, we can do next.