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T.S. Eliot and the Culture of Critique, Part Two

"Because this art was successful and attracted praise it also attracted Jewish hostility. The culture of critique, as it applies to our celebrated and traditional cultural figures, involves scorn of both the artist and those who celebrate them."

"Julius writes that non-Jews can’t even understand these poems unless they accept that they cause Jewish “pain” since, “to ignore these insults is to misread the poems.” He subsequently seethes that “early hostilities made [Eliot’s] reputation; subsequent attacks failed to diminish it,” and he sets himself the task of achieving just that."

"While politics is crucial, we neglect the cultural war at our peril. To paraphrase the conclusion of my treatment of the campaign against Ezra Pound: Civilization, for all its greatness, is ultimately a fragile entity. It requires care, conservation, and occasional pruning."

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https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2016/12/06/t-s-eliot-and-the-culture-of-critique-part-two/

T.S. Eliot and the Culture of Critique, Part Two

"Because this art was successful and attracted praise it also attracted Jewish hostility. The culture of critique, as it applies to our celebrated and traditional cultural figures, involves scorn of both the artist and those who celebrate them."

"Julius writes that non-Jews can’t even understand these poems unless they accept that they cause Jewish “pain” since, “to ignore these insults is to misread the poems.” He subsequently seethes that “early hostilities made [Eliot’s] reputation; subsequent attacks failed to diminish it,” and he sets himself the task of achieving just that."

"While politics is crucial, we neglect the cultural war at our peril. To paraphrase the conclusion of my treatment of the campaign against Ezra Pound: Civilization, for all its greatness, is ultimately a fragile entity. It requires care, conservation, and occasional pruning."

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