Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

["Karl M. Terrell" <kterrell AT sheastokes.com>]

Title: Re: [percy-l] knotheads

I agree. While I wouldn't want this list to veer way off into the land of political ranting, the parallels between WP's 1971 literary vision of 'knotheads' to what we've seen in the real political world over the past 15 or so years (i.e., the rise and fall since 1994 of the knotheads, after their capture of Congress and dominance over political rhetoric) is most interesting indeed.  To draw that parallel out, it seems entirely appropriate to discuss current politics.


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From: percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org <percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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Sent: Thu Dec 11 08:56:26 2008
Subject: Re: [percy-l] knotheads

It’s Percy oriented because it was what Percy was writing about.  I see Percy’s themes and predictions in society constantly, yet have no one to whom to offer my comments on the recognition because few read Percy any more.  That’s what this listserv is for.



Karey



From: percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:percy-l-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Petrica
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:55 PM
To: Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion
Subject: Re: [percy-l] knotheads



You know, this level of political "discourse" is really getting old.  Since it's hard to see what it has to do with Percy-oriented "literary and philosophical discussion," perhaps you could take it somewhere else.



Steve



On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:39 PM, Eckert, Robert G SPC MIL USA FORSCOM <robert.g.eckert AT us.army.mil> wrote:

        

        PALIN WAS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT MC CAIN'S ADVISERS WERE NUTS.
        THAT CAMPAIN WAS ALL ABOUT TACTICS AND NOTHING ABOUT ANY PHILOSOPHY; AND SHOULD PUT THE
        "NEOCONS" AWAY FOR A TIME.
        THE GOP HAS NO LEADERS IN CONGRESS, AND WILL RISE WITH GOVS LIKE BOBBY JINDAL, AND A FEW OTHERS.
        PALIN REMAINS THE DARLING OF THE NUTS, E.G. TALK SHOW HOSTS.
        IN THE LAST ANALYSIS REAGAN WAS A PRAGMATIST.
       
        I LIKE THE TERM "KNOTHEADS".
        THE NEO CONS WERE NEITHER "NEO" NOR "CON"...
       
        ----- Original Message -----
        From: marcus AT loyno.edu
        Date: Monday, December 1, 2008 8:53
        Subject: [percy-l] knotheads
        To: percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org
       
       
        > Here's a Percy trace on Wikipedia:
        >
        > >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        >
        > According to Rod Dreher and Steven Greenhut, the Knotheads
        > are one of the three emerging factions, along with the
        > traditional Republican Establishment, and liberal
        > Republicans, that will fight for control of the United
        > States Republican Party following 2008 election. The
        > Knotheads are by far the most right-wing of the three
        > factions. In Dreher's words: "The knotheads believe that
        > Obama's victory came thanks to the treason of some
        > conservative intellectual elites and McCain's failure to be
        > more like Reagan, whatever that means 20 years after the
        > Gipper left the White House. Sarah Palin is the
        > standard-bearer for the talk-radio faction within
        > knotheadism."
        >
        > The term knothead first appears in a political context in
        > Walker Percy's 1971 novel Love in the Ruins. Although a
        > Catholic conservative himself, Percy satirized hard-core
        > rightists in the following passage: "The Knotheads had their
        > unseasonable rages, delusions of conspiracies, high blood
        > pressure, and large bowel complaints." It is not known
        > whether Dreher had this passage in mind when he used the
        > term.
        >
        > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knotheads
        >
        >

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