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Category Archives: Philosophy
Rosen on Leo Strauss
In “Athens on the Midway: Defending Leo Strauss”, Gary Rosen (former managing editor of Commentary… ahem) writes a defense, of sorts, of the ‘Dark Lord’ of neoconservatism, Leo Strauss. I chuckled at the following paragraph, representing the perils of attempting … Continue reading
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Irving Kristol on Jews and Judaism
Gertrude Himmelfarb, the noted neoconservative writer and wife of Irving Kristol, discusses “Irving Kristol on Jews and Judaism“: “Is there such a thing as a ‘neo’ gene?” With this query Irving Kristol opens his 1995 essay, “An Autobiographical Memoir.” His … Continue reading
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James Burnham
In The American Conservative, Daniel McCarthy profiles the often overlooked, founding neoconservative James Burnham: He was one of the key thinkers of the postwar conservative movement, though his thought is badly neglected on the right today. The man whose mind … Continue reading
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Birdman (2014)
I haven’t been this excited for a movie since… I don’t know when. Michael Keaton as ‘Birdman’… a not-altogether-hidden, nor irrelevant nod to Keaton’s Batman… and then a no longer hot commodity, practically disappearing from the big budget movie scene … Continue reading
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Heidegger’s Philosophy… in the Kitchen
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Irving Kristol: On Jews and Judaism
Mosaic Books (“Advancing Jewish Thought”) has published a collection of essays by neoconservative icon Irving Kristol titled Irving Kristol: On Jews and Judaism. Some advance praise for the book: “Upon readers for whom Irving Kristol has been chiefly a political … Continue reading
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The Cult of Richard Dawkins
Andrew Brown writes on disturbing elements of the ‘cult’ of Richard Dawkins. Dawkins’ “selfish gene” thesis, and its “memetics” corollary, is the good stuff. The fanaticism of Dawkins’ atheism is borderline repellant. Dawkins’ megalomania is jaw-droppingly repellant.
The Philosophy of Roger Scruton
In Quadrant, Mervyn Bendle writes on “The Philosophy Of Roger Scruton“: As the the conservative philosopher put it, his “unacceptable” views prompted character assassination, three lawsuits, two interrogations, one expulsion, the loss of a university career, contemptuous reviews, Tory suspicion, … Continue reading
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Is Heidegger Contaminated By Nazism?
Here’s a Tribe Trifecta: Joshua Rothman, writing in The New Yorker, about Heidegger’s “anti-semitism” (“Is Heidegger Contaminated By Nazism?“). After praising Heidegger’s philosophy, and noting the profound influence it’s had on him personally, Rothman gets to the monstrous side of … Continue reading
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Michael Oakeshott – Primer
The Brits have a tradition of politicians, usually conservative, also being intellectuals. In The New Statesman, Jesse Norman, “the MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire”, has written an excellent piece on conservative philosopher Michael Oakeshott: … Oakeshott suggests: “In political … Continue reading
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