Capitalism Cannot Survive Without A Working Class,

In The End, It Is Because The Media Are Driven By The Power And Wealth Of Private Individuals That They Turn Private Lives Into Public Spectacles. If Every Private Life Is Now Potentially Public Property, It Is Because Private Property Has Undermined Public Responsibility.

It Is True That Some Liberals And Humanists, Along With The Laid-back Danes, Deny The Existence Of Evil. This Is Largely Because They Regard The Word 'evil' As A Device For Demonising Those Who Are Really Nothing More Than Socially Unfortunate.

If History Moves Forward, Knowledge Of It Travels Backwards, So That In Writing Of Our Own Recent Past We Are Continually Meeting Ourselves Coming The Other Way.

Because Subjects Like Literature And Art History Have No Obvious Material Pay-off, They Tend To Attract Those Who Look Askance At Capitalist Notions Of Utility. The Idea Of Doing Something Purely For The Delight Of It Has Always Rattled The Grey-bearded Guardians Of The State. Sheer Pointlessness Has Always Been A Deeply Subversive Affair.

Any Attempt To Define Literary Theory In Terms Of A Distinctive Method Is Doomed To Failure.