Lapham’s Quarterly 7-02: Revolution (2014) Like the collection on States of War, this one is tough reading. People have committed more atrocities in the pursuit of an imagined perfection than for any other purpose. Religious persecution is one example. Revolution is the other. We should perhaps be thankful there is no third.
There are many noble phrases recorded here, but they all express the same delusionary superstition that some final solution the the problems of humankind will usher in a perfect way of life. Reading them was bad for my equanimity and blood pressure.
A necessary read. Recommended. ****
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