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33hamsters t1_jcb506f wrote
Reply to comment by Damascinos in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
I don't think u/beat-the-heat is dismissing the influence of conservative Islam, I think he's pointing out that there's a lot of ethnographic and cultural factors that get brushed over in Adam Curtis' work. I think that's a mild and valid criticism, one that is understandable in light of the limitations of the BBC archives Curtis is working with.
33hamsters t1_jcb3a2u wrote
Reply to The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
Adam Curtis is such a talented documentarian, and the didacticism of his projects is well served by his tangible concern with topical issues, but if you watch a lot of his work its clear that he doesn't handle Asia or Africa in the same way he handles Europe or North America. Just something to watch for. A lot of this is simply the fact that he is working with BBC archive access, if someone wanted to be the next Adam Curtis they could really expand on his methods by collaborating internationally with other networks.
33hamsters t1_jcfw0r5 wrote
Reply to comment by mrchaddy in The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of Politics of Fear - (2004) BBC, part 1 of 3 compares the rise of neoconservative movement and the radical Islamist movement [00:59:11] by Damascinos
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