A new essay from Ta-Nehisi Coates on Tony Judt stating that Judt basically led him down the path to political pessimism:https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/ta-nehisi-coates-tony-judt-ill-fares-the-land/620628/ …
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Replying to @daniel_dsj2110
It’s a fascinating appropriation-the absence of religion in “Postwar” was obvious at the time, but now the lack of decolonization, race, and migration seem glaring, reversing the optimism of the conclusion that Europeans achieved post-Holocaust ethics.
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Replying to @samuelmoyn @daniel_dsj2110
The relative scantness of Algeria in Past Imperfect (seen primarily through a Cold War prism) is an example of how this is an endemic problem in Judt.pic.twitter.com/rn728FuKHq
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