Even in the most bookish of Humanities formal education generates a kind of funnel or light-cone in which students encounter a very narrow range of authors and ideas.
As I mentioned the other day, I came to Burnham via Orwell, and see him as a representative of the anti-democratic oligarchist tradition that begins with Pareto. But I don't really understand his role in the Cold War politics of the US.
I think Burnham is an elitist majoritarian. His cold War politics not so interesting. (I find decline of the west really much less stimulating than the work from the 40s)
As I mentioned the other day, I came to Burnham via Orwell, and see him as a representative of the anti-democratic oligarchist tradition that begins with Pareto. But I don't really understand his role in the Cold War politics of the US.
I think Burnham is an elitist majoritarian. His cold War politics not so interesting. (I find decline of the west really much less stimulating than the work from the 40s)