“One learns from Confessions of a Mask how Mishima put “Circassians” (white boys) to the sword by the dozen in his dreams.” Henry Scott Stokes, The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima “Mishima is more a figure of parody than a force of politics.” Alan Tansman, The Aesthetics of Japanese Fascism I read with great […]
“The life of the individual is a constant struggle, and not merely a metaphorical one, against want or boredom, but also an actual struggle against other people. He discovers adversaries everywhere, lives in continual conflict and dies with sword in hand.” Arthur Schopenhauer, On the Suffering of the World Although Nietzsche seems to be the […]
“If man will strike, strike through the mask!” Ahab, Moby Dick It was very gratifying to see Tucker Carlson’s recent attack on the activities of Paul Singer’s vulture fund, Elliot Associates, a group I first profiled four years ago. In many respects, it is truly remarkable that vulture funds like Singer’s escaped major media attention […]
“Wrong theology in this area has been bound up with wrong action, giving legitimation for Christian support for persecution and discrimination of Jewish communities and eroding the recognition of Jewish people as neighbours whom Christians are bound to love … Christian communities may wish to consider whether there could be suitable opportunities in their public […]
“ [Kevin] MacDonald’s theory is a new chapter in the long process of the destruction of Reason.” Slavoj Zizek “Žižek is, at his best, a posturing charlatan.” Thomas Moller-Nielsen, Current Affairs, Oct. 18 2019. This is an essay on anti-Semitism, but because it’s also about Slavoj Žižek we’re going to have to start with […]
Um abismo sempre existiu entre europeus e semitas, desde quando Tácito reclamou do “odium generis humani”. (Heinrich von TREITSCHKE) Em 1989, o roteirista e jornalista judeu Frederic Raphael foi convidado a proferir palestra no Instituto Parkes de Pesquisa das Relações entre Judeus e Não Judeus, pertencente à Universidade de Southampton, por ocasião do 25º aniversário […]
“I observe that men run away to other countries, because they are not good in their own.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, Culture, 1876. “Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by!” B. Yeats, Under Ben Bulben The sight and smell must have been horrific. On October 23, the bodies of 39 East Asians […]
