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

[Somebody Somebody]

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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It's a very short book. It's a tidied up collection of essays and articles Robin has published elsewhere. It's worth spending half a day to read. At the same time, he provides the broad brushstrokes of The Reactionary Mind in the interviews he's done for the book and on his blog.