American Thinker
•58% Informative
The rape of history and literature is a disregard for the autonomy and worth of the person assaulted, says John Avlon .
Avlon: Most Americans ’ thoughts are shaped more by Oliver Stone’s mendacious film, JFK , than by the most rudimentary facts of the case.
He says literature is different animal from history, but if one treats it with respect, a Shakespeare play, for example, will be read and acted giving primary attention to the integrity of the work itself — a task that involves familiarity with the language, customs, and beliefs of the time.
Hamlet ’s ill-fated send-Claudius-to-hell scheming is mirrored and magnified in the hubris exhibited by Davos billionaires.
If they could listen with humility to the lessons of history, literature, or even climatology, their illusions of grandeur would be tempered.
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