But it does take a country that is living with evil, on the edge of destruction, every day. So for now, don't hold your breath for the West to find out -
Caroline Glick: "Post-Zionism is so 1990s"
You can learn a lot about a nation's health by watching how it celebrates its national holidays. In Israel's case, compare how we celebrated our 50th Independence Day in 1998 to what celebrations involve today. During the 1990s, Israel's elite took a vacation from reality and history and they brought much of the public with them. Then-foreign minister Shimon Peres said that history was overrated. The so-called "New Historians," who rummaged through David Ben-Gurion's closet looking for skeletons, were the toast of the academic world. Radicals like Yossi Beilin, Shulamit Aloni and Avrum Burg were dictating government policy. The media, the entertainment establishment, and the Education Ministry embraced and massively promoted plays, movies, television shows, songs, dances, art and books that "slayed sacred cows." Everywhere you turned, post-Zionism was in. Post-Judaism was in. And Zionism and Judaism were both decidedly out. (...) >>>
May 25, 2012
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Showing posts with label tribalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tribalism. Show all posts
Friday, May 25, 2012
"The Dystopia of Paradise": there's life after pomo
Labels:
anti-modernists,
Barack Obama,
Communitarianism,
Counter-Enlightenment,
Dystopia of Paradise,
Enlightenment,
environmentalism,
Etzioni,
Fichte,
Hegel,
Islam,
Kant,
Postmodernism,
Rousseau,
tribalism
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