tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post6789396200620133452..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Mapping the causal pathway leading to political correctnessBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-12616606550952823872010-11-19T18:38:01.553+00:002010-11-19T18:38:01.553+00:00I know it well! It had a big influence on me at an...I know it well! It had a big influence on me at an earlier secular libertarian and pro-modernization phase - http://www.hedweb.com/bgcharlton/modernization-imperative.htmlBruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-321225898726930352010-11-19T18:04:41.343+00:002010-11-19T18:04:41.343+00:00On 1 and 2, you would be pleased by Ernest Gellner...On 1 and 2, you would be pleased by Ernest Gellner's 1988 book Plough Sword and Book which locates these themes carefully and originally in human history, and relates them to the power of the written word, granted to a clerisy with a strong drive towards order and and homogeneity, which takes cultures away from nature. Much much more that is great there.HofJudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02709538079720873322noreply@blogger.com