1. @MattZeitlin did a funny tweet string about esoteric words found in Perry Anderson's American Foreign Policy book https://twitter.com/MattZeitlin/status/873555923947724800 …
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The "tarantinization" is about Tarantino and his characters who are completely unable to escape their pasts no matter how hard they may try.
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I think he means a highly polished, fantasy-like diplomatic façade (Disneyfied) with an ugly violent ruthlessness behind it (i.e. Tarantino)
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The additional connotation I took from Tarantino is the fetishization of violence + the comic fanboy who gets to play out tough powerplays
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it's obviously taken from ancient Greek, to become more like Tarentum, the rich colony of Spartan bastards.
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Which is all well and good if you want to be understood by exactly 3 people
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Reminds me of a friend who told me his book was cast in obscure language s/t institutions he criticized would see him as non-threatening
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I'm afraid I can only see that as bad writing.
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Unfortunately the page (86) on which "tarantinization" is used in Anderson is not included in Google's preview: https://books.google.com/books?id=zvmhePXJJ5gC&printsec=frontcover&dq=tarantinization&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUjMHdvdXUAhUM64MKHdtDAj0Q6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q&f=false …
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At least people still watch Tarantino movies. Who remembers the Lincoln Bedroom scandal today?
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I bet you Newt Gingrich remembers
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