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Sunday, February 01, 2015

Esoteric Relemma[!]

Waltzing with (Leo)Strauss:**  ~(o.p. 2-17-15)
Relemma Revisited
Not exactly.*

* No Teddy

(FP!)

** 2-18-15 Not to pun on Peter, Paul or Pan Rand, but this^^ is a few degrees into(1) acadamia(2)

(1)ASHOCK and AWE(UPDATE) , B. Give 'em a break!
(2)  Clash of Civilizations (m-bed'ed in A.) 
^ links flip-flopped, re:scroll over alph-click
Speaking of readRat Races Van Mices?   I am a bit discontent with my reading of Democracy's Discontent
^^ NFRY That's the ticket [!] 
Three paragraphs in I need to reboot or check the irony.

[...] not the flack but (~)the flock.(*) (:~:) ?
(*)- need to delineate flack 'n flock

Friday, January 14, 2005

Neo-Context

SUGGESTED READING:

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, by Samuel P. Huntington. The most important foreign policy paradigm since the cold war model. In a few words, To be or not to be the west versus the rest.

Democracy's Discontent: America In Search Of A Public Philosophy, by Michael J. Sandel. A look at the flaw in liberal traditions, or on being "a uniter not a divider". A discussion of the history of our "rights" while noting an obligation of solidarity. i.e. Some of "us" must be united against "them".

These are two books which I read several months ago and likely noted in earlier posts. My comments here may be seen as the shortest of summaries as well as a helpful reference to the theme of most of this blog. If we have a clash of civilizations, it should not mean war but a competition of civilizations, and if we have an obligation of solidarity, should it not be to the planet and humanity?

The link below which I only scanned seems to come to the same conclusion as I, that the latter book, is based on a "fallacy of the false dilemma". It nonetheless provides “an extremely valuable history of the political thought of America’s intellectual elites from the Founding to the present“. And I might needlessly add, both sides have them.