Re: [ejlist] Re: New US book on Ernst Juenger

[03643518060-0001@t-online.de (C. Brown)]

> The key phrase in the advertisement, I think, is this:
> 
> "A Dubious Past reconceptualizes intellectual fascism as a sophisticated
> critique of liberal humanism and Marxism, one that should be seen as
> coherent and--for a surprising number of contemporary intellectuals--all
> too attractive."
> 
> Note the clever juxtaposition of "liberal humanism and Marxism," as if
> the two are somehow equivalent.  It allows the author, undoubtedbly a
> high priest of political correctness, to wage war on the "fascists"
> (i.e. everyone he does not like), to defend the radical university
> (i.e., the institution that supported the Soviet experiment from start
> to finish) and to advance "liberal humanism" (i.e., the author's
> politics).  All this is evident before reading the book, which, alas,
> the requirements of scholarship will force us to do.
> 
> GK


Couldn't have said it better myself, Gary!
Cheers