Monday, November 08, 2004
and Zizek strikes again
: "Those old enough still remember the boring attempts of “democratic socialists” to oppose the miserable “really-existing socialism” by holding up the vision of authentic socialism. To such attempts, the standard Hegelian answer provides the sufficient response: The failure of reality to live up to its notion bears witness to the inherent weakness of the notion itself.
this time on "The Liberal Waterloo (Or, finally some good news from Washington!)"
Also mentioning " ... literary bestsellers of U.S. Christian fundamentalism, Tim F. LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins’s “Left Behind” series of 12 novels on the upcoming end of the world that have sold more than 60 million copies." in this context: "Many Europeans wonder how Bush could have won, with the intellectual and pop-cultural elite against him. They must now finally confront the underrated mobilizing power of American Christian fundamentalism. Because of its self-evident imbecility, it is a much more paradoxical, properly postmodern phenomenon than it appears."
“Left Behind” series got amazing 1997 customer reviews on Amazon - which is fun to read, no less than reviewed material itself.
See also: "The Apocalypse Will Be Televised. Armageddon in an age of entertainment." By in November, 2004 Gene Lyons in Harper's Magazine
: "Those old enough still remember the boring attempts of “democratic socialists” to oppose the miserable “really-existing socialism” by holding up the vision of authentic socialism. To such attempts, the standard Hegelian answer provides the sufficient response: The failure of reality to live up to its notion bears witness to the inherent weakness of the notion itself.
this time on "The Liberal Waterloo (Or, finally some good news from Washington!)"
Also mentioning " ... literary bestsellers of U.S. Christian fundamentalism, Tim F. LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins’s “Left Behind” series of 12 novels on the upcoming end of the world that have sold more than 60 million copies." in this context: "Many Europeans wonder how Bush could have won, with the intellectual and pop-cultural elite against him. They must now finally confront the underrated mobilizing power of American Christian fundamentalism. Because of its self-evident imbecility, it is a much more paradoxical, properly postmodern phenomenon than it appears."
“Left Behind” series got amazing 1997 customer reviews on Amazon - which is fun to read, no less than reviewed material itself
.
See also: "The Apocalypse Will Be Televised. Armageddon in an age of entertainment." By in November, 2004 Gene Lyons in Harper's Magazine
