Andrew wrote:
>Does anyone suggest that the Left of today should issue a blanket
>apology for the crimes of Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and the rest? I would be
>hesitant to agree. How can activists of today be responsible for what
>some of our intellectual antecedents did when most of us weren't evenborn?
I don't think Kaplow suggests a blanket apology for the crimes of our
intellectual antecedents in his article. Nor does he suggest that the
activists of today be responsible for what they did . Neither do I of course.
As far as I see, Kaplow uses the phrase "coming to terms" deliberately and
out of anger, probably without giving much thought to its meaning, because
Furet, as Kaplow informs us, wrote his book of "insults" (hey, I made this
one up) to "come to terms" with his own past among other things. Taking
sentences from others' works and presenting them out of context can be
confusing as you know. I wish you were able to read the entire article but
unfortunatelly I am an awful typist, so sorry.
Anyway! I leave this at that given Michael's request.
Best,
Sabri Oncu
