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| | ideofact: July 2004 Archives |
 | | For a useful, almost classical demonstration of the revolutionary mind-warp, the motivation behind the totalitarian Idea, we turn to an interview given by the Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm on "The Late Show," 24 October 1994 (see TLS, 28 October 1994). |
 | | Ayubi says that Qutb, who soon was imprisoned himself (his health was such that he was in a hospital far more than a cell), grew disillusioned and embittered and ever more radical, adding that if the Nasserist state sanctified the political, Qutb's response was to politicize the divine. |
 | | I don't know whether it's standard for all its customers, but Amazon.com has launched something it calls a "plog." The only thing blog-like about it is the reverse chronological order of posts; otherwise, it's more or less a marketing tool. |
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