The Present Is Only Understandable Through The

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.

Successful Revolutions Are Those Which End Up By Erasing All Traces Of Themselves.

The Most Compelling Confirmation Of Marx's Theory Of History Is Late Capitalist Society. There Is A Sense In Which This Case Is Becoming Truer As Time Passes.

It Is True That Too Much Belief Can Be Bad For Your Health.

Those Who Sentimentally Indulge Humanity Do It No Favours.