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Entry: Europe's Fascist Future? Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/europes_fascist_future#2610 Post contents: Would an "authentic British Constitution" or an equally authentic European Constitution even be adequate for understanding the historical situation we find ourselves in? How could it be both authentic and modern - since at least "modern" requires the context of globalization, which remains ultimately incomprehensible to our political imagination? It isn't just a question of larger and larger unions and increasingly unwieldy constitutional documents with generous footnotes. You make an excellent point about emerging nations writing constitutions, endeavoring thereby to forgo . . . something . . . and develop "an ersatz political tradition" - as if the writing were enough, as if it could approximate what Voegelin calls "analogical repetition," as if beginnings are so easily understood that they can be thrown out or amended like rough drafts. Sent at: 2008 12 02