Comments on: Samantha Power on Hannah Arendt /blog/2004/05/samantha-power-on-hannah-arendt/ But I fear more for Muninn... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 By: Kmlawson /blog/2004/05/samantha-power-on-hannah-arendt/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/05/samantha-power-on-hannah-arendt.html#comment-167 One simple but thoughtful quote I found in that article (and which has been added to my database) shows one of the basic elements of modern nationalism:

“Why should we be a minority in your state when you can be a minority in our state?”
Vladimir Gligorov “Is What is Left Right?”

]]> By: Kerim Friedman /blog/2004/05/samantha-power-on-hannah-arendt/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/05/samantha-power-on-hannah-arendt.html#comment-168 There is a particular quote in that article that struck me. I quote it at the bottom of this post:

http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/000518.html

Seems even more relevant now, in terms of some of the stories coming out from Iraq.

]]> By: Kmlawson /blog/2004/05/samantha-power-on-hannah-arendt/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/05/samantha-power-on-hannah-arendt.html#comment-169 Wow, I read that posting and didn’t remember that you had referred to that article as well. Your quote, including the state of being “rightless” is indeed timely. Thanks!

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