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Entry: Lukacs the Tory Link: http://www.takimag.com/sniperstower/article/lukacs_the_tory#28441 Post contents: Isn't this article itself just the flip side of what Lukacs is accused of doing? Mr. Havers, too, says, "No, it's not those, it's them!". He just switches the places of elite/masses in the blame game. He concedes that <i>some</i> of those (the "Religious Right") do share the "blame", but that's as far as he goes towards exploring a complex relationship between rulers and ruled. "Monocausal" is probably an over-used swear word these days, but if the shoe fits... Mr. Havers says that he deplores the Protestant Deformation described by Kurth and others, but who subscribes to that Deformation? The elite? A class called the "Religious Right"? And from where was this Deformation declined? Kurth, Jenkins, and others make the point that the Protestant Deformation, which is just the latest stage in the declination of a national religion, is pervasive. Finally, it's ironic that Mr. Havers appeals to the "elite theory" of Paul Gottfried. Mr. Gottfried himself (in <i>Multiculturalism and the Politics of Guilt</i>) emphasizes that the ideology promulgated by the elite is conditioned on the prior religious-like beliefs subscribed to by virtually all Americans. Mr. Gottfried also emphasizes that the masses are generally quite ready to accept this hegemonic ideology. Sent at: 2009 01 08