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November 5, 2010 at 11:12 AM #628340November 5, 2010 at 11:19 AM #627277briansd1Guest
[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Speaking of radicals, give Blom’s newest a look when you have a moment: http://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Company-Forgotten-Radicalism-Enlightenment/dp/0465014534/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp_T2
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I will read this one.
I find it fascinating that Louis XV’s reign was the peak and decline of French power. It was a period debauchery and corruption which led to the fall of the Ancient Regime; it was it was also a great period of enlightenment. The salons and intellectuals where sponsored by the elite themselves.
Allan, you compared America to Bourbon France earlier, but I’m not really seeing that same kind of enlightenment and sponsorship of ideas by the monied elite in America today.
As one of the book reviews said, we need “a swift, readable reminder that ideas are exciting – and have consequences.”
So let’s not dismiss out of hand university professors and their ideas.
November 5, 2010 at 11:19 AM #627352briansd1Guest[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Speaking of radicals, give Blom’s newest a look when you have a moment: http://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Company-Forgotten-Radicalism-Enlightenment/dp/0465014534/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp_T2
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I will read this one.
I find it fascinating that Louis XV’s reign was the peak and decline of French power. It was a period debauchery and corruption which led to the fall of the Ancient Regime; it was it was also a great period of enlightenment. The salons and intellectuals where sponsored by the elite themselves.
Allan, you compared America to Bourbon France earlier, but I’m not really seeing that same kind of enlightenment and sponsorship of ideas by the monied elite in America today.
As one of the book reviews said, we need “a swift, readable reminder that ideas are exciting – and have consequences.”
So let’s not dismiss out of hand university professors and their ideas.
November 5, 2010 at 11:19 AM #627911briansd1Guest[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Speaking of radicals, give Blom’s newest a look when you have a moment: http://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Company-Forgotten-Radicalism-Enlightenment/dp/0465014534/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp_T2
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I will read this one.
I find it fascinating that Louis XV’s reign was the peak and decline of French power. It was a period debauchery and corruption which led to the fall of the Ancient Regime; it was it was also a great period of enlightenment. The salons and intellectuals where sponsored by the elite themselves.
Allan, you compared America to Bourbon France earlier, but I’m not really seeing that same kind of enlightenment and sponsorship of ideas by the monied elite in America today.
As one of the book reviews said, we need “a swift, readable reminder that ideas are exciting – and have consequences.”
So let’s not dismiss out of hand university professors and their ideas.
November 5, 2010 at 11:19 AM #628034briansd1Guest[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Speaking of radicals, give Blom’s newest a look when you have a moment: http://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Company-Forgotten-Radicalism-Enlightenment/dp/0465014534/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp_T2
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I will read this one.
I find it fascinating that Louis XV’s reign was the peak and decline of French power. It was a period debauchery and corruption which led to the fall of the Ancient Regime; it was it was also a great period of enlightenment. The salons and intellectuals where sponsored by the elite themselves.
Allan, you compared America to Bourbon France earlier, but I’m not really seeing that same kind of enlightenment and sponsorship of ideas by the monied elite in America today.
As one of the book reviews said, we need “a swift, readable reminder that ideas are exciting – and have consequences.”
So let’s not dismiss out of hand university professors and their ideas.
November 5, 2010 at 11:19 AM #628346briansd1Guest[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Speaking of radicals, give Blom’s newest a look when you have a moment: http://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Company-Forgotten-Radicalism-Enlightenment/dp/0465014534/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp_T2
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I will read this one.
I find it fascinating that Louis XV’s reign was the peak and decline of French power. It was a period debauchery and corruption which led to the fall of the Ancient Regime; it was it was also a great period of enlightenment. The salons and intellectuals where sponsored by the elite themselves.
Allan, you compared America to Bourbon France earlier, but I’m not really seeing that same kind of enlightenment and sponsorship of ideas by the monied elite in America today.
As one of the book reviews said, we need “a swift, readable reminder that ideas are exciting – and have consequences.”
So let’s not dismiss out of hand university professors and their ideas.
November 5, 2010 at 11:31 AM #627292Allan from FallbrookParticipant[quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Speaking of radicals, give Blom’s newest a look when you have a moment: http://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Company-Forgotten-Radicalism-Enlightenment/dp/0465014534/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp_T2
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I will read this one.
I find it fascinating that Louis XV’s reign was the peak and decline of French power. It was a period debauchery and corruption which led to the fall of the Ancient Regime; it was it was also a great period of enlightenment. The salons and intellectuals where sponsored by the elite themselves.
Allan, you compared America to Bourbon France earlier, but I’m not really seeing that same kind of enlightenment and sponsorship of ideas by the monied elite in America today.
As one of the book reviews said, we need “a swift, readable reminder that ideas are exciting – and have consequences.”
So let’s not dismiss out of hand university professors and their ideas.[/quote]
Brian: I did NOT dismiss them out of hand, I used them to MAKE A POINT.
Same as I did with Bourbon France, by the way. A point you should have taken to like a duck to water, since you like to juxtapose the Enlightened with the Peasant Rabble.
I’m all for ideas. And I don’t particularly care which side of the aisle they come from, or what part of the country they came from, or where in the world they come from.
Given your study and understanding of French history, you’ll enjoy the Blom book. Snyder’s book on Hitler and Stalin is also worth a read and for no other reason than it will probably change your mind about what really happened there during the 1930s and 1940s, especially regarding the “Endlosung” (Final Solution) and both German AND Soviet racial policies.
November 5, 2010 at 11:31 AM #627366Allan from FallbrookParticipant[quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Speaking of radicals, give Blom’s newest a look when you have a moment: http://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Company-Forgotten-Radicalism-Enlightenment/dp/0465014534/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp_T2
[/quote]
I will read this one.
I find it fascinating that Louis XV’s reign was the peak and decline of French power. It was a period debauchery and corruption which led to the fall of the Ancient Regime; it was it was also a great period of enlightenment. The salons and intellectuals where sponsored by the elite themselves.
Allan, you compared America to Bourbon France earlier, but I’m not really seeing that same kind of enlightenment and sponsorship of ideas by the monied elite in America today.
As one of the book reviews said, we need “a swift, readable reminder that ideas are exciting – and have consequences.”
So let’s not dismiss out of hand university professors and their ideas.[/quote]
Brian: I did NOT dismiss them out of hand, I used them to MAKE A POINT.
Same as I did with Bourbon France, by the way. A point you should have taken to like a duck to water, since you like to juxtapose the Enlightened with the Peasant Rabble.
I’m all for ideas. And I don’t particularly care which side of the aisle they come from, or what part of the country they came from, or where in the world they come from.
Given your study and understanding of French history, you’ll enjoy the Blom book. Snyder’s book on Hitler and Stalin is also worth a read and for no other reason than it will probably change your mind about what really happened there during the 1930s and 1940s, especially regarding the “Endlosung” (Final Solution) and both German AND Soviet racial policies.
November 5, 2010 at 11:31 AM #627926Allan from FallbrookParticipant[quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Speaking of radicals, give Blom’s newest a look when you have a moment: http://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Company-Forgotten-Radicalism-Enlightenment/dp/0465014534/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp_T2
[/quote]
I will read this one.
I find it fascinating that Louis XV’s reign was the peak and decline of French power. It was a period debauchery and corruption which led to the fall of the Ancient Regime; it was it was also a great period of enlightenment. The salons and intellectuals where sponsored by the elite themselves.
Allan, you compared America to Bourbon France earlier, but I’m not really seeing that same kind of enlightenment and sponsorship of ideas by the monied elite in America today.
As one of the book reviews said, we need “a swift, readable reminder that ideas are exciting – and have consequences.”
So let’s not dismiss out of hand university professors and their ideas.[/quote]
Brian: I did NOT dismiss them out of hand, I used them to MAKE A POINT.
Same as I did with Bourbon France, by the way. A point you should have taken to like a duck to water, since you like to juxtapose the Enlightened with the Peasant Rabble.
I’m all for ideas. And I don’t particularly care which side of the aisle they come from, or what part of the country they came from, or where in the world they come from.
Given your study and understanding of French history, you’ll enjoy the Blom book. Snyder’s book on Hitler and Stalin is also worth a read and for no other reason than it will probably change your mind about what really happened there during the 1930s and 1940s, especially regarding the “Endlosung” (Final Solution) and both German AND Soviet racial policies.
November 5, 2010 at 11:31 AM #628048Allan from FallbrookParticipant[quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Speaking of radicals, give Blom’s newest a look when you have a moment: http://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Company-Forgotten-Radicalism-Enlightenment/dp/0465014534/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp_T2
[/quote]
I will read this one.
I find it fascinating that Louis XV’s reign was the peak and decline of French power. It was a period debauchery and corruption which led to the fall of the Ancient Regime; it was it was also a great period of enlightenment. The salons and intellectuals where sponsored by the elite themselves.
Allan, you compared America to Bourbon France earlier, but I’m not really seeing that same kind of enlightenment and sponsorship of ideas by the monied elite in America today.
As one of the book reviews said, we need “a swift, readable reminder that ideas are exciting – and have consequences.”
So let’s not dismiss out of hand university professors and their ideas.[/quote]
Brian: I did NOT dismiss them out of hand, I used them to MAKE A POINT.
Same as I did with Bourbon France, by the way. A point you should have taken to like a duck to water, since you like to juxtapose the Enlightened with the Peasant Rabble.
I’m all for ideas. And I don’t particularly care which side of the aisle they come from, or what part of the country they came from, or where in the world they come from.
Given your study and understanding of French history, you’ll enjoy the Blom book. Snyder’s book on Hitler and Stalin is also worth a read and for no other reason than it will probably change your mind about what really happened there during the 1930s and 1940s, especially regarding the “Endlosung” (Final Solution) and both German AND Soviet racial policies.
November 5, 2010 at 11:31 AM #628361Allan from FallbrookParticipant[quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Speaking of radicals, give Blom’s newest a look when you have a moment: http://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Company-Forgotten-Radicalism-Enlightenment/dp/0465014534/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp_T2
[/quote]
I will read this one.
I find it fascinating that Louis XV’s reign was the peak and decline of French power. It was a period debauchery and corruption which led to the fall of the Ancient Regime; it was it was also a great period of enlightenment. The salons and intellectuals where sponsored by the elite themselves.
Allan, you compared America to Bourbon France earlier, but I’m not really seeing that same kind of enlightenment and sponsorship of ideas by the monied elite in America today.
As one of the book reviews said, we need “a swift, readable reminder that ideas are exciting – and have consequences.”
So let’s not dismiss out of hand university professors and their ideas.[/quote]
Brian: I did NOT dismiss them out of hand, I used them to MAKE A POINT.
Same as I did with Bourbon France, by the way. A point you should have taken to like a duck to water, since you like to juxtapose the Enlightened with the Peasant Rabble.
I’m all for ideas. And I don’t particularly care which side of the aisle they come from, or what part of the country they came from, or where in the world they come from.
Given your study and understanding of French history, you’ll enjoy the Blom book. Snyder’s book on Hitler and Stalin is also worth a read and for no other reason than it will probably change your mind about what really happened there during the 1930s and 1940s, especially regarding the “Endlosung” (Final Solution) and both German AND Soviet racial policies.
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