Amazing how old contrarian language is. Came across a 1935 Wyndham Lewis article complaining about the "repressive 'left-wing' orthodoxy" in British culture (by which Lewis mean people critical of his view that Hitler was peace-loving gent that England should ally itself with)
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What's interesting about Wyndham Lewis is he's an early example of how obsessive contrarian owning of liberalism can lead to reaction. He almost literally joked his way into being a fascist sympathizer.
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Jameson’s whole thing about the “modernist as fascist” is pretty relevant to our contemporary (post)modern fascistspic.twitter.com/dOZcyaaNyZ
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Yep, great book.
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Hirschman’s Rhetoric of Reaction is a pretty good snapshot of the right.
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Try D. B. Wyndham Lewis too.
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Off topic? Watched "La Rabbia" aka "The Anger" the other nite: Pasolini vs Guareschihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROA2WI0-sgQ …
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Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it… or some such piffle.
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Richard Wagner! - the man at the ramparts (so to speak) with Bakunin in Dresden circa 1848
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