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I think any review of this book is going to have to admit that the "Imperialism" section is terribly organized. The "Pan-Movements" and the "Rights of Man" should have been basically cut- they're oppressively long, pessimistic, and, well, Eurocentric, since this section was supposed to be about European colonialism, and instead she explains how "Heart of Darkness", South Africa, and India pretty much explain it all.
— Jul 30, 2010 09:30AM
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Jul 30, 2010 09:34AM
Ouch-sorry about the clunky phrasing up there. I just really like Arendt and sort of want her to do better. I've just been forced to keep putting the book down in this section, and I never wanted to do that in the "Anti-Semitism" section, even deep in her incredibly thorough analysis of the Dreyfus affair, which doesn't seem (sorry) that incredibly important. The "stateless" aspect is the really brilliant part, I think.
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