On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
> [ Ok, how about this for a conversation starter? I think this reviewer is
> on to something, and if you have 10 minutes, give the article a read: he
> ties it into Thomas Frank's new book, too; as a kicker, Michael Hoover
> mentioned onlist in 2006 that Leo Strauss hated and attacked Bentley's book
> :) --JMH ]
>
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> http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2008/08/11/080811crat_atlarge_lemann
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> Does the wrangling of interest groups corrupt politics-or constitute it?
>
> In a year saturated with political conversation, can there be any topic
> that has not yet been discussed? Well, here's one: 2008 is the centenary of
> a curious and mesmerizing book that was long considered the most important
> study of politics and society ever produced by an American-"The Process of
> Government: A Study of Social Pressures," by Arthur Fisher Bentley. The
> reason its big anniversary hasn't been celebrated is that "The Process of
> Government" is an ex-classic, now sunk into obscurity. The reason it should
> be celebrated is not just that it deserved its former place in the canon but
> also that it is uncannily relevant to this Presidential election.
>
> [...]
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boddi
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