He only reads the intro to them
At the party last night talked to someone who used to check out books for Perry Anderson as an undergrad. Terrifying. Said he'd bring a trundle and load it up with 40 books every 3-4 days.— jq di zuppaš„« (@outsidadgitator) December 30, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:52 (ten months ago) link
Perry has finally gotten round to reading Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers, which was published in 2012. A masteful essay of course.https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii146/articles/perry-anderson-pathbreakers-high-and-low
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Monday, 13 May 2024 13:39 (five months ago) link
As someone who doesn't know much about WWI I am really enjoying the piece.
The section on Imperialism is terrific.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 13 May 2024 17:23 (five months ago) link
The Sleepwalkers is a great book but I'm troubled by the information in the opening paragraph of this piece that Clark claims to be descended from Irish famine refugees and that also he accepted a fucking knighthood!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Monday, 13 May 2024 17:31 (five months ago) link
still, all history profs are melts but tbf on him Iron Kingdom is a good book as well.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Monday, 13 May 2024 17:40 (five months ago) link
yeah that struck me as a bit strange too, I guess Clark has been thoroughly assimilated into the ruling classes now!
Perry does go on to talk about Clark's latest book, Revolutionary Spring, tbf.
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 08:19 (five months ago) link