Tag Archives: daniel goldhagen

pontifical indifference: amen and a hail mary pass on redemption

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Dave

Its been a love-hate relationship for a long time, with the latter doing some serious destructive damage. Perhaps if we go back to Maimonides, he can be looked at as an igniter of sparks, and sparks lead to fires. Maimonides … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Amen movie Costa-Gravas, Bishop Angelo Roncalli, daniel goldhagen, Daniel Goldhagen Pius XII, Kurt Gerstein, Leon Poliakov, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Maimonides Treatise on Logic, Seymour Reich | Leave a comment

descent worries and anxiety: “easy delight”

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Dave

I came across a biography of Maria Landrock who was a celebrity star during the Third Reich. It does force one to look at the role of popular entertainment within its context as part of the entertainment industry pushed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged daniel goldhagen, ernst nolte, joseph heath, Leni Riefenstahl, Malcolm Lowry, maria landrock, paul verhoeven, Raul Hilberg, Susan Sontag, susan sontag fascism, Walter Lacquer | Leave a comment

shiny happy people

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Dave

How can some people completely transform their identity? In a rather peculiar case, former tween neo-nazi pop divas transformed themselves into liberal advocates for cultural diversity and marijuana smoking. They had previously been controversial with their rock band called Prussian … Continue reading →