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To: RTev who wrote (556)	10/19/1999 4:14:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3246

The academic field of philosophy should get at least one or two entries. Sartre has been mentioned in at least one list. Because his work spanned disciplines to embrace literature and journalism as well as academic treatises, he might be a good choice. However, as an academic he had less influence than one of his primary inspirations: Martin Heidegger. The German's work represents a good tie to continental philosophical traditions early and late in the century. He should take Sartre's position on the list. On the Anglo-American side of things, Bertrand Russell might be a good choice since, like Sartre, his work crosses disciplines (with mathematics rather than literature as the second stream) and since, again like Sartre, he attained popular notoriety through political action. I would argue instead for Russell's student Ludwig Wittgenstein whose early work had profound influence on a half-century of American and British philosophers and whose later works began a re-definition of the field in the English-speaking universities.

To: RTev who wrote (556)	10/19/1999 4:15:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 3246

You are right, the matter is somewhat speculative. On the other hand, the possibility of a Sovietized Spain is certainly ominous. It is a strategic question. And, in any case, one is frequently speculating some about alternatives had such-and-such not happened, for example, in arguing over the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.....

To: RTev who wrote (556)	10/19/1999 4:27:00 PM
From: w molloy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3246

It strikes me as likely that someone writing a chapter on 20th Century European politics 60 years from now could do so without even mentioning Spain. You are mistaken. Spain had a pivotal role in geopolitics in the thirties. 1. It was the scene for one of the great popular socialist movements. This movement posed a real alternative to authoritarian forms of socialism, i.e. Stalinism. 2. The Civil War was a beacon for idealistic youth and intellectuals throughout the world. George Orwell was one famous participant among many. Homage to Catalonia is an account of his experiences. These experiences may have inspired Animal Farm and 1984 3. It was where the Germans perfected elements of BlitzKreig 4. It was where Comintern tried and ultimately failed to establish itself as the leader (and only form) of socialism. w.