This text was first published in 1975 after the resignation of PresidentNixon. It argues that the political community in the West had broken down andthat the We... » 

This text was first published in 1975 after the resignation of PresidentNixon. It argues that the political community in the West had broken down andthat the West had entered a twilight age characterized by political andcultural crises similar to those that preceded the fall of Rome. «