Strike The Root: Neocon Utopian Nuttiness

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September 02, 2003

Neocon Utopian Nuttiness

The forthcoming book by uber-neoconservatives David Frum and Richard Perle is entitled: An End to Evil: Strategies For Victory in the War on Terror....

Quite apart from Frum & Perle's (no-doubt awful) policy perscriptions, what strikes one is the earth-shattering hubris of their title. "An End to Evil"?? This is the kind of utopian foolishness that conservatives (and even neoconservatives like Irving Kristol) made it their business to refute when it came from the left.

The essence of political utopianism, according to philosopher Eric Voegelin, is "immanentizing the eschaton." In plain terms, trying to create heaven on earth. When man plays god and tries to recreate reality according to how he would like it to be (rather than conforming his mind and actions to the way reality is independently of his will), disaster follows (see, e.g. the history of communism).

Conservatives traditionally stood for limits--limits to government and limits to utopian projects for remaking the social order. The newer breed apparently sees no limits to what power can accomplish.

Posted by Lee McCracken at September 2, 2003 12:26 PM

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I'm continually amazed at the apparent prescience of these men.

Considering their success with ending the evil of Iraq, amongst other shining examples against "terror," writing such a book seems to border on maniacal hubris.

Posted by: Ryn at September 2, 2003 01:10 PM

lots of direct quotes from this book are here:
http://www.why-war.com/commentary/2004/01/anendtoevil.html

or click:
An End to Evil

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