Intellectuals and Fascism [CORRECTION]

Sun Mar 20 07:58:48 CDT 2011

Change that "1930" into "1930s"!

On 20.03.2011 13:52, Kai Frederik Lorentzen wrote:

>
> Instead of correcting each and every opinion uttered here concerning 
> intellectuals and Fascism,
> let me just make one general statement:
>
> During the 1920s and 1930 lots of the most brilliant intellectuals 
> fell in love with Fascism.
> This includes Ezra Pound, Gottfried Benn, and Carl Gustav Jung (cf. 
> Wotan, 1936).
>
> The roots of this affinity - Pynchon hinted at this in Against the Day 
> - can be traced back to the avantgarde in the arts, especially Futurism.
>
> Of course, /post crimen/ (that is: after the Holocaust) everybody is 
> an expert who always knew ...
>
> KFL
>
>

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