[lbo-talk] 'The Reactionary Mind': An Exchange

// ravi ravi at platosbeard.org
Thu Feb 2 21:12:00 PST 2012


On Feb 2, 2012, at 11:46 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote:
> How about wishing you had the time and energy to read the actual book
> before assuming that you could muster a coherent response to Gourevitch?
>

That (reading the book) I know I don’t have time for. When you say “assuming you could muster" it is not clear what you mean. If you mean any response to Gourevitch is impossible without reading Robin’s book, I disagree. Arguments can disagree over points of fact or over points of logic. My issue with Gourevitch was whether his analysis was internally consistent i.e., it was (or will be, in the parallel universe free of young children to tend to) about points of reasoning. If I am unable to muster a coherent response on this front, that would be because Gourevitch is in fact logically consistent and I am in error. A very likely possibility.

—ravi



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