The list of ahistorical, poorly considered nostalgian utopian writings is, sadly, longer still. But as preached by Gelernter and his allies, it will meet the fate of other utopian ideologies. Its defeat will be ushered along by the same forces of history that it now employs. History is no friend to nostalgia, but its polar opposite. David Gelernter does recognize the true Achilles heel of his heroic outlook.
Bigotry is illegal today and socially unacceptable.
The nostalgian utopians ought to leave behind art criticism, psychology, and economics, and stick to what they know best. Wise men, those rabbis.