12. In trying to take slave-owners seriously as a ruling class, Genovese tended to overstate their shrewdness, paternalism, foresight, etc.
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14. The collapse of Soviet model, which Genovese was invested in, in 1989-1991, hit him hard, leaving him even more inclined to nostalgia
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15. Genovese always overstated extent to which Old South was alternative to Northern capitalism -- did even moreso after Leninist extinction
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16. Bereft of Soviet model but still yearning for alternative to hyper-individualism, Genovese embraced Catholic right & Old South
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17. Betsy Fox-Genovese is a separate case. Even though collaborator much less inclined to romantize slave-owing class.
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18. Fox-Genovese's turn to Catholic right more driven by theology and search for alternative to what she saw as individualistic feminism
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19. Whole question of where Genovese/Fox-Genovese went wrong is perhaps too big for a twitter essay -- they both deserve biographies
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@mattfarish rightly notes, Genovese's view of Old South as alternative capitalism is now under challengehttps://twitter.com/mattfarish/status/520778070345940993 …Jeet Heer added,
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21. "the masters' sense of noblesse oblige and of being kind, considerate, burdened, and self-denying Christians" Genovse & Fox-Genovese
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22. "The Self-Pity of the Master Class" would be a better title than "The Mind of the Master Class"
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@HeerJeet "The Distress of the Privileged" http://weeklysift.com/2012/09/10/the-distress-of-the-privileged/ …0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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