Poetic Perplexities: Emerging Visions of Global Empire? Part 4, with Vyzygoth and JQ on The Alembic Files. (2013)
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Part 4 of the continuing series “Poetic Perplexities: Emerging Visions of Global Empire?” In this segment, J.Q. joins Al and Theo to continue the discussion of the poet Philip Freneau, zooming in on some of the historical highlights of the French Revolution. In examining this historical timeline, the intent is to gain more of a handle on the implications of a figure like Freneau being a supporter of the French Revolution (at least in its early stages), as “hooked in” as he was with highly influential members of the early Democratic Republicans—a single party that is in fact the root of the two-party system in the U.S. today. As we delve into some of the more astonishing aspects of the French regime under the influence of Robespierre, such as the promotion of The Cult of Reason as a state-sanctioned, atheistic (but with strongly neo-pagan elements) “state religion” to replace Christianity, and the use of fears of terrorism as a justification for the increasing role of the Committee of Public Safety as the primary instrument of state control, are we seeing elements of a vision for the direction of American government and society among at least some of the Democratic Republicans? And are we, perhaps, seeing something almost “prophetic,” in terms of observing elements of a roadmap that in some sense may still be followed by factions within the American power structure today?
Vyzygoth Internet Archives, Volume I https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-the-vyzygoth-archives-volum-95841757/
Vyzygoth Internet Archives, Volume II https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-the-vyzygoth-archives-volum-95937378/
Vyzygoth Internet Archives, Volume III https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-vyzygoth-archives-volume-3
Vyzygoth Internet Archives, Volume IV https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-vyzygoth-archives-volume-4-451-600
Vyzygoth Internet Archives, Volume V. https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-vyzygoth-archives-volume-5-601-750--6169624.
Vyzygoth Internet Archives, Volume VI. https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-vyzygoth-archives-volume-6-episodes-751-900--6201213
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| 0:00.0 | We're back yet with another episode of poetic perplexities, emerging visions of a global empire. |
| 0:06.4 | And with us is JQ. |
| 0:07.3 | And also with us is Theo. |
| 0:09.1 | Hello, Theo. |
| 0:10.0 | Hey. |
| 0:11.1 | And good to have you back, JQ, and we're ready to go for yet another segment. |
| 0:16.0 | When we last left our heroes, we were in a situation where you kind of jumped upon and gone back to the |
| 0:23.4 | motherland, the European continent, where all kinds of fun was about to begin. |
| 0:28.8 | And I'll just bring you back to that point and let you tell us if you want to sum up where |
| 0:33.2 | we were last time and as a springboard to where we're going today. |
| 0:36.9 | Well, we were working our way through an abbreviated timeline of the French Revolution. |
| 0:43.7 | It doesn't necessarily seem abbreviated as we're going through it, |
| 0:46.5 | but it really does summarize a situation that has an awful lot of complexity in that deep detail. |
| 0:56.3 | But when we left off, we just talked about some of the financial intrigues and entanglements |
| 1:02.3 | with the firing of the finance minister Necker, |
| 1:06.4 | who was apparently very popular with the people in July 1789. |
| 1:11.0 | And then the backlash of that, which led to the famous raid on the Bastille |
| 1:16.7 | and the troops rumored to be masked around the city, |
| 1:21.5 | but refusing to fire upon the crowds. |
| 1:25.5 | And we kind of paused there at the end, thinking that something just seems missing from |
| 1:32.1 | the equation. |
| 1:33.9 | What is real, in terms of the details, what was that all about with the financial angle |
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