My q about late Alexander Cockburn: when a thing is as dead & discredited as Soviet communism, how is it "radical" to uphold it?
@CoreyRobin The style & the politics were inseparable, as someone (Wolcott?) said. An often bracing and witty writer, but rarely tragic.
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@HeerJeet I totally agree. My point is that the way he wrote about Stalinism was how he wrote about most things. Style-wise.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Including things he would have called, well, not tragic, but outrageous and barbaric.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet To be honest, though it's not my style, I appreciate it. Too many writers in love with the tragic pose. And style. -
@CoreyRobin True, but tragic style doesn't have to be pose. Some great Marxists have an essentially tragic style: Benjamin, say, or Jameson. - Show replies
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