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Old 06-02-2005, 06:32 AM   #25 (permalink)
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that's quite a list from those fine folk at "human interest"--the commentary is staggering in its idiocy--nazis loved nietzsche?--but about what i would expect from such a motely assortment of ultra-reactionaries.

there were a couple of surprises on it--comte? dewey's educational philosophy? good lord, how dare anyone imagine that teaching students to think might be more important than "traditional character building"

it is a kind of frightening glimpse into the intellectual backwater--if you read through the "glosses" that follow each of these "dangerous books" it appears that these inhabitants of the backwater would prefer a kind of late mideval world in which god runs the show, the peasants know their place and the affluent can do as they like.
it is a bit of a shame that this list is not more widely distributed---it is exemplary in its way.

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