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Entry: The Neocons and Charles Maurras Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/leo_strauss_the_neocons_and_charles_maurras#6539 Post contents: To try once again to clear up a misconception -- I'm not defending Maurras, just explaining him. In an earlier post I deliberately referred to "Catholicism", not the Church. As a socio-historical fact, Catholicism formed the French consciousness --- for Maurras, this was not a matter of convenience, but a matter of fact. In his positivist phase, he denied any theological or metaphysical sanction to the Church's existence. Of course, the Church disagreed ... there was an irreconcilable difference in point of view, but not a cynical use. In any case, Catholicism embodied all those versions enumerated previously. As for Maurras' "atheism", this is what he had to say: "I am neither an atheist nor irreligious as innumerable imbeciles has said and believed" [1937]. See: http://maurrassianna.free.fr/maurrassianna/maurrassianna.002.20070100.htm Sent at: 2008 05 16