We Are Doomed

We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism

Author	John Derbyshire
Language	English
Subject	Western civilization, conservatism, hereditarianism
Published	September 29, 2009
Publisher	Crown Forum
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	272
ISBN	0307409589

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We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism is a 2009 non-fiction book by British-American writer John Derbyshire. He draws upon classical conservatism thinking to argue that modern Western civilization is dying and will eventually fail completely. He blames what he sees as a collectivist and Utopian mindset among the political left as well as an irrational optimism and faith in the future on the political right.^[1] It was published by Crown Forum.