Trump, Bannon and the Coming Crisis

[TeacherinExile]

(04-13-2017, 01:21 PM)TeacherinExile Wrote: This article appeared in The Federalist yesterday:

Why Progressives Hate Steve Bannon's Cyclical View Of History

Progressives hate Steve Bannon's fascination with a book that suggests history is cyclical.  It undermines a progressive worldview that yearns for utopia.

I listened to Tom Ashbrook's "interview" of Neil Howe.  I thought Ashbrook's non-contextual interpretation of The Fourth Turning, not to mention his combative and rude treatment of the author, was appalling.  Make no mistake, I want to see more in the way of intellectual challenges to the generational theory posited by Strauss & Howe, in the press and on this forum.  (Thank you, Mikebert and Drakus79, to mention just two people on this blog who have attempted just that.)

I thought this article published yesterday in the Minneapolis Star Tribune was a reasonably fair discussion of all the recent hysteria about the "apocalyptic" nature of the book, as well as Bannon's "enthrallment" with it:

[/url]Bannon phobia fuels a 'Fourth Turning' freakout

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