democracy. that means pushing back against i will liberalism and there is illiberalism on the left. what ron desantis represent is illiberalism on the right, the use of government power to eye lens ideas that he doesn t like, to punish people who say things that he disagrees with. that is the ultimate illiberalism and i think that s really the danger at the heart of this constant buzzword invocation by ron desantis. and, again, it s so old. the thing is they don t realize they say it s so 2021. i mean, if you read the closing of the american mind and the intro by allen blum in 1986 in 1986. if you read harold blum s introduction to the western canon in 1986 he was daring the progressive left, the extremists to try to cancel shakespeare. i mean, they were talking about this, they ve been talking about
Like all avid readers, I’m happy wandering around any bookshop in the world, even if I can’t read the language in which the books are written. But when I visit my local bookshop, I’m increasingly frustrated by not being able to read Hungarian while knowing there’s probably literary gold between them thar covers. If I do find an interesting-looking Hungarian book translated into English, my problem is that I have no idea how well it captures the essence.
Four years after his death, Harold Bloom continues to loom large over American literature, but his signature work has been less influential in the field of literary studies.
victoria, you are also the author of a history of democracy in ten works of art. i have that book, it s fabulous. so why do they want to tear down western civilization, and why are they choosing these methods to do it? well, thanks for the book club, rachel. good to be with you. what seems to be emerging is a pattern that they, these climate extremists seem to think that the destruction or the attempted destruction of the great works of the western canon is completely acceptable if it furthers their agenda for the climate. and they also went leonardo s mona lisa and the de gaulle statue that they went after at the national gallery, they actually set it up with the press. and the guards stood by and did nothing. so the institutions themselves