33586, i said 'right wing' as a catchall for all the bad ideologies Posted by The Damaja, Thu Dec-22-05 12:13 PM
like racism, non-democracy, fascism, patriarchy and so on. it was just for convenience
>I don't consider fascism a right wing tradition at all. >Fascism is far different from what we call modern >conservatism. For example, the fascist’s ideas on >anti-modernism are far different. >
so i wont really argue this point
>Who cares if Conrad was a racist, the book is still an >excellent piece of literature. Achebe said that it had not >value simply because it was racist. I disagree.
i think Achebe's problem is more with the attitude 'who cares if it/Conrad was racist', since Heart of Darkness is a text widely taught in schools and colleges without acknowledgment of the alleged racism
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