There was a review in Commentary magazine last summer - June? - by Terry Teachout. It reviewed the last of a three volume history of the song.
It mentions that all civilizations and all song has been directed by love and procreation - the dyadic ideal of love and romance - until very recently in the West.
If so, is this the cause or symptom of our civilizational decline?
It tracks a worrying marque of our collective willingness to be supplanted by Islam and Sharia, as seen in "Western" desiccated Europe - and America isn't far behind - because while demography isn't always destiny, it does define necessary and sufficient 'sustainability'; for any culture that aspires to become or stay a lasting civilization.
It mentions that all civilizations and all song has been directed by love and procreation - the dyadic ideal of love and romance - until very recently in the West.
If so, is this the cause or symptom of our civilizational decline?
It tracks a worrying marque of our collective willingness to be supplanted by Islam and Sharia, as seen in "Western" desiccated Europe - and America isn't far behind - because while demography isn't always destiny, it does define necessary and sufficient 'sustainability'; for any culture that aspires to become or stay a lasting civilization.
“There is no global anthem, no global currency, no certificate of global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one flag, and that flag is the American flag!” -DJT