Submitted by Daan, Jun 19, 2007 15:36

As if politics without myth-making is even possible; it will do to have a look at the use of political symbols and retorics...What do you think "human rights" are? A myth might be true, but, and that's the point, we don't know for sure...

"On what basis does a person assert that reason must be abandoned (in favor of nationalism and myth-making) in order to avoid 'nihilism'?"

a. considering the irrational, 'antagonistic' impulses of men, "the people" itself?

b. Was there ever an fully "nihilistic" policy /polity or do you know someone who can be accurately described by this term? Strauss points out, and I approve, nihilism cannot be a guide through life...

The greatest myth is "the enlightened public"; let's all deliberate, be fully rational etc. You have ever actually seen a large group of people that were guided by 'pure reason'? Who decides what can be qualified as 'reasonable', Caesar? What to do with the 'unreasonable'...?

Note: Comments are screened, and in some cases edited, before posting. We reserve the right to reject anything we find objectionable.