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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11. The great early 20th century reactionaries (Heidegger etc.) flourished because they had a social/political base.
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12. European right of early 20th century included both aristocrats (von Papen) & populist thugs (you know who). Heidegger fit in that space
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13. A Heidegger or an Ezra Pound could provide intellectual gloss to movements that still had some pretence to intellectual ambition.
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14. Far right movements now more purely populist & don't seek intellectual justification. Mussolini cultivated Pound. Trump mocks eggheads
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@HeerJeet Re your point about liberalism and pessimism I don't think what you have said is fatal to@DouthatNYT's contention [1]1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Pessimism about “human virtue & perfectibility” is absent in much liberal/prog academic thought inspired by the New Left [2]1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@HeerJeet The thought is: if only institutions were made right, the traditional constraints cast away, the optimal policy adopted etc., [3]1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Then society would flourish according to this mindset. [4]1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet I think THAT is@DouthatNYT's target in the article, rather than, say for instance, the liberalism of DP Moynihan [5]2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@PaulHartyanszky @DouthatNYT Well, major liberal politicians of contemporary USA are Obama & Clinton, who are all about limits & pragmaticsm
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@HeerJeet While that may be true,@DouthatNYT's piece is about intellectuals and academics is it not?0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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