1. I have some problems with this @DouthatNYT column about reactionary intellectuals. I'll try to be brief:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/opinion/sunday/the-reactionary-mind.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0 …
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@HeerJeet Semi-corrective: non-think-tank historians, like Bernard Lewis or Daniel Pipes. (later became think-tank-y, but not initially)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Žižek has a way of thinking of reactionaries & liberals as the same, seemingly opposed but supporting the same broader worldviewThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Might be that America just doesn't have the right mindset/history for genuine reactionary thought. France has no shortage of it. -
@HeerJeet Even the Americans on your list - Pound, Eliot - lived abroad. As did Gertrude Stein. Anywhere but in the US. - Show replies
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10. Where have the Heideggers & Eliots gone? Good question but But Douthat's answer (chased out of academia by liberals) not sufficient
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@HeerJeet Those guys you mention are all Europeans. They disappeared after WW2 because Fascism discredited their ideologies.
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@accommodatingly@ayjay John Lukacs is indeed one of the great living reactionary thinkers. But he's very old & not widely loved by USA cons - Show replies
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@HeerJeet wanted order (to prevent chaos & protect people) & those for whom human lives weren't fundamental units of ultimate value?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet KnausgaardThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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