tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post113699763327732724..comments2024-03-07T12:57:35.296-05:00Comments on Varieties of Unreligious Experience: An anarchy of atomsConrad H. Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-13460622334271704852007-10-15T10:52:00.000-04:002007-10-15T10:52:00.000-04:00There is still something here of what Adorno and H...There is still something here of what Adorno and Horkheimer described back in the day:<BR/><BR/>When Fascism replaced involved legal procedures by an accelerated form of judgment and retribution, the up-to-date were economically prepared for this new development; they had learned to see things through the conceptual models, the <I>termini technici</I>, which remain as the iron ration when language disintegrates ... In the age of three hundred key words, the ability to make the effort required by judgment disappears, and the distinction between truth and falsehood is removed.<BR/>("Elements of Anti-Semitism")Greg Afinogenovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529073439919307693noreply@blogger.com