Tag Archives: Houston Stewart Chamberlain

lessons of munich

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Dave

Is there a “lesson of Munich?” Whatever it is, it was certainly misapplied by the Americans to Vietnam in the same way that the so-called appeasement of the Arab world is likely also a misapplication of Munich applied to a … Continue reading →

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revenge of the mediocre: all hail the chief

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Dave

The Aryan myth. It started simply enough as an irresoluble issue in comparative linguistics at the the dawn of the Romantic Age. Then, caught between quack science, nationalist fervor, and raw emotion, it transformed itself into a full-fledged theory of … Continue reading →

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sign of the times: tainted logic

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Dave

The Aryan myth began inconspicuously as a minor issue in comparative linguistics at the end of the eighteenth-century and then assumed a life of its own of disproportionate dimensions in the romantic age that morphed into a racial theory of … Continue reading →

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I’m O.K you’re not O.K: Death wish

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Dave

Self-destruction as aesthetic pleasure? The Aryan myth was born as a minor issue in comparative linguistics at the end of the eighteenth-century. From there it assumed proportions of a full-fledged racial theory in the Romantic age that welded sentimentality, blood, … Continue reading →

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FINE LINE BETWEEN THE HEROIC & THE IDIOTIC

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Dave

No other artist has made such ferocious demands upon his performers and the public. Richard Wagner, an autocrat, not only wrote the libretto and the music; often with total disregard for the human voice; but also flung into the score … Continue reading →