I’ve just listened to the @KnowYrEnemyPod about the 1776 report and am once again struck by how its account of Progressivism is head-spinningly alien from anything resembling history.
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Replying to @Econ_Marshall @rauchway and
Have Marshall on to talk about conservative historiography of progressivism you bastards.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @Econ_Marshall and
We have to dole out pure Marshall to the listeners at careful intervals. He is habit forming, and his effect on longterm health is as yet indeterminate.
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Replying to @SamAdlerBell @Econ_Marshall and
I enjoyed the recent West Coast Straussian episode by the way, although I think it could have gone more into the weed more on West Coast/East Coast divide & Jaffa/Bloom split. The periodization of Strauss is key to this.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @SamAdlerBell and
Look at the dates. Jaffa was born in 1918, Bloom in 1930. 12 year difference. Jaffa was Strauss' first American student (at New York U), Bloom a student of 1950s Chicago Strauss. The Strauss Bloom knew was a very different figure.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @SamAdlerBell and
The Strauss Jaffa studied with was a WWII Strauss, very eager to promote a patriotic mythology & make peace with religion. The late 40s/1950s Strauss that Bloom knew threw more hints about his doubts about modernity, America, & religion.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @SamAdlerBell and
WWII Strauss more given to emphasizing need for edifying patriotic stories to shore up endangered liberal democracy. 1950s U of C Strauss focused on creating educated elite that knew the esoteric truths. That's the birth of West/East divide. Also the homophobia divide.
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My working theory of "The Crisis of the Strauss Divided" is that Strauss evolved on key issues as a thinker & warring Straussian factions are allied with different phases of Strauss' evolution (which evolution they can't admit because truth is eternal).
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Replying to @HeerJeet @SamAdlerBell and
That's all very interesting, Jeet. I think you're onto something. And honestly, we just didn't have time to get into the East Coast/West Coast divide more—we will, eventually! But my quote from NR&H tracks with your description of the WWII/Cold War Strauss
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