Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Will the REAL "big question" please stand up?

Here it is-the final big question, revised, altered and improved:

Is there a constant pendulum in history swinging from absolutism to democracy?

This is a question Arthur Koestler poses in his novel Darkness at Noon. I was intrigued by his observation and hope to analyze those in between stages on the pendelum in novels like Cold Mountain and Crime and Punishment.

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