>
> >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
>
>
>
Anderson might have added that we seldom see such a "bitter position"
acknowledged in the main text.
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