Comments on: CBC Propaganda: Leo Strauss and Sayyid Qutb

By: Dissecting Leftism: 04/24/2005 - 05/01/2005

Dissecting Leftism: 04/24/2005 - 05/01/2005 — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:13:52 +0000

[...] myself. People willing to go doorknocking or able to pay others to do so would be what I would need.Canadian ignoramuses: The CBC has recently broadcast a programme comparing neo-conservative philosopher Leo Strauss with [...]

By: MNDv3 | Serving Man Daily Since 2001 » 2005 » April

MNDv3 | Serving Man Daily Since 2001 » 2005 » April — Fri, 04 May 2007 02:13:13 +0000

[...] Canadian ignoramuses: The CBC has recently broadcast a programme comparing neo-conservative philosopher Leo Strauss with the Islamic fundamentalist Sayyid Qutb — a very stretched comparison indeed. They could make a much better case for saying that Islam and Judaism have a lot in common but that would have no propaganda value, of course. [...]

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By: CIVITATENSIS » Jihadists, Internet, and Secondary Reality

CIVITATENSIS » Jihadists, Internet, and Secondary Reality — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 04:11:58 +0000

[...] Kepel’s observation that “everything that is digital is transcendental” for them is consistent with the way they live in an imaginary world, as I’ve argued here, here, here, here, and here. [...]

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By: ThePolitic - Canadian Political Weblog » Death of the Enlightenment?

ThePolitic - Canadian Political Weblog » Death of the Enlightenment? — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:34:27 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 May 2005 03:19:00 +0000

Jerome: The aim of the programme is to draw parallels between Strauss and Qutb insofar as their ideas have apparently filtered into the ideas of the activists in question. Put another way, the programme argues that those thinkers inspired the activists. Moreover, the programme argues that the activists are similar because the thinkers who inspired them are similar.

By: Jerome

Jerome — Sat, 21 May 2005 13:52:07 +0000

The aim of The Power of Nightmares is not to draw parallels between Leo Strauss and Sayyid Qutb; it is not a programme about them. Rather, it is a programme exploring the shift in the nature of politics since WW2 (a shift in which politics moves away from promising a ‘brighter future’, to politics that promises that a terrorist is imminent unless action is taken). The programme is concerned with how this shift came about. Therefore, because Strauss and Qutb have been influenctial thinkers/writers their ideas are looked into by the programme.

By: Peaktalk

Peaktalk — Wed, 18 May 2005 19:42:01 +0000

STRAUSS AND QUTB

The CBC has started broadcasting The Power of Nightmares, the documentary that attempts to equate Islamic fundamentalism with neo-conservatism. Tom Cerber at the Politic looked at it and concludes that despite the filmmaker’s intentions, Leo Strauss i…

By: ThePolitic - Canadian Political Weblog » Will on Wolfowitz

ThePolitic - Canadian Political Weblog » Will on Wolfowitz — Fri, 13 May 2005 16:43:04 +0000

[...] ed in the past on Paul Wolfowitz’s intellectual pedigree, as well as on the supposed Straussian influence on the Bush administration. Georg [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 02 May 2005 14:48:26 +0000

Nigel: Great stuff! Thanks.

By: Nigel Hollland

Nigel Hollland — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:56:13 +0000

This documentary was made by or for the BBC, they have now repeated it twice. Allot of British blogs have already criticised it. Check out Samizdata’s take on it’s historical revisionism.

http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/006829.html

By: Ian Black

Ian Black — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 04:02:01 +0000

Largly anti-American propoganda. Very amaturish sub-standard production.

By: ThePolitic - » “Nightmares”: Final Installment

ThePolitic - » “Nightmares”: Final Installment — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 03:22:48 +0000

[...] ich the CBC broadcast on Tuesday night. I also posted comments on the Sunday broadcast of Part I (and here) and Monday’s Part II. I also p [...]

By: Harper

Harper — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 02:00:13 +0000

“The CBC canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t figure out a basic distinction that even 1st year university students can figure out.”

You can’t figure out that this wasn’t a CBC production. They presented the show as a documentary. Which it is. I guess you think they need to hold our hands in order to achieve your point of view.

By: ThePolitic - » The Trauma of Ideology

ThePolitic - » The Trauma of Ideology — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:48:28 +0000

[...] he documentary, “Nightmares,” on the CBC over the past couple of nights (posts here, here, and here). A comment on one of my previous [...]

By: ThePolitic - » More “Nightmares”: Qutb & Strauss

ThePolitic - » More “Nightmares”: Qutb & Strauss — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:59:22 +0000

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I’ve made 2 postings (first & second) on the CBC’s airing of ̶ [...]

By: CIVITATENSIS » Nightmarish Ignorance

CIVITATENSIS » Nightmarish Ignorance — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 06:54:53 +0000

[...] yid Qutb, the radical jihadist, the CBC has sunk to a whole new low, points out Tom Cerber here and here. [...]

By: Tom Cerber

Tom Cerber — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:35:41 +0000

John: You might find my update to include the some of the specific criticism you’re looking for.

By: John

John — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 20:53:47 +0000

As someone who had never heard of Strauss or Qutb until he saw TPON, I was interested to read your views on the series. I am pleased to note that you aim “to nurture public discourse and the free flow of information which all of our contributors cherish as the foundation-stones of a free society,” and that you seek “writers from any and all ideologies and viewpoints”.

However your post strikes me as more of an exercise in intellectual snobbery than genuine critique, and the political drift of the blog rather restricted. As an academic (in communications rather than political philosophy), I would be most grateful if you would enlighten me with specific criticisms of the series.

Similarly, I’m not sure I accept your distinction between Strauss as thinker and Qutb as ideologue. Are you denying the impact either of them has had?

By: Rempelia Prime » Nightmares!

Rempelia Prime » Nightmares! — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 07:05:34 +0000

[...] er entirely to the very capable Tom Cerber at The Politic, who gives two reviews of part 1 here and here. They’re worth the time it will tak [...]

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 06:48:17 +0000

This is hilarious; I’m watching the program right now. I must not be too far into it yet since I haven’t seen any of Mansfield yet.

I agree with you that the premise of the documentary, the comparison between a great man like Strauss and political/religious loudmouth, is laughable. I find it continually amazing that people think that they can boil the philosophy of Strauss into sound-bites. The small number of his texts I have read have been almost horrifying processes, with most pages requiring several re-reads. Such is the depth of his thought.

I blame Shadia Drury for starting all this. She became the puppet of the liberal establishment by writing at least two books giving exaggerated, simplistic critiques of Strauss.

I’ll probably write more once it’s done, and I want to go read that review of the new book on Strauss.

By: ThePolitic - » Update on CBC on Qutb & Strauss

ThePolitic - » Update on CBC on Qutb & Strauss — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 04:08:18 +0000

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Further to my previous post on “The Power of Nightmares” on CBC. Out of t [...]

By: kaqchikel

kaqchikel — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 02:41:28 +0000

The idea that Strauss’s students created the myth of America as a “light among nations” is just fantastic. Clearly, the luminaries at the CBC have been far too busy hating Americans to have ever picked up a history book. And all of this with our tax dollars. Quelle famille!

By: i hope you get cancerÃ¢â€žÂ¢

i hope you get cancerÃ¢â€žÂ¢ — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

PM —– BODY: The recent BAFTA for TPON, and its weekend showing on Canadian TV, has left the conservative right with its collective dress over its head. Apart from Melanie Phillips, a particularly vivid example is Canadian log The Politic, whose “critique