>In the article that Kagarlitsky reviles, "Renewals," (NLR, New
>Series, #1, Jan./Feb., 2000) Perry Anderson writes in a footnote:
>
> "It is a matter of logic that there is a third possible reaction
>to the turn of the time, that is neither accommodation or
>consolation: namely, resignation--in other words, a lucid
>recognition of the nature and triumph of the system, without either
>adaptation or self deception, but also without any belief in the
>chance of an alternative to it. A bitter conclusion of this kind is,
>however, rarely articulated as a public position."
Is that what footnotes are for?
Doug