ideas of the Left as well. Notably Marx
Helms I agree to the extent that Elliot Abram's writings delineate, as opposed to expose, the neocon, Judaic ideals. He is very open in his writings of the 90's. Google.
Neoconservatism would not have been able to do all this by itself; it represents a fairly small group of intellectuals. One of the key elements in its diagnoses of the problems in American society is its belief that the American people need more religious faith. Ready and available to serve this need was Revivalist Theology that in our time is known as the religious right. Neoconservatism has had such stunning political successes over the last three decades because of the rise of the religious right. And both these movements have been funded by those most likely to benefit from these political ideas. In what follows we will discuss both of these related phenomena.
The neoconservatives are what I call a community of interpretation. They are not a community in the sense that they live together and have a centralized organization of any kind, but a community sharing certain beliefs and understandings, an interpretation of historical events and experience, shared through writings and conferences and gatherings and many different institutes, again well funded by those who benefit from these ideas. Norman Podhoretz, editor of Commentary, and Irving Kristol, editor of Public Interest, are two of the most influential leaders of the community. Podhoretz has claimed that the neoconservatives “shook the position of leftists and liberals in the world of ideas and by doing so cleared the way to the presidency of Ronald Reagan,” as described by Jurgen Habermas in his book The New Conservatives in a chapter called “Neoconservative Cultural Criticism in the United States and West Germany” in 1982...................
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