The Tradition Of Russian Literature Is Also

Do Not Be Misled By The Fact That You Are At Liberty And Relatively Free; That For The Moment You Are Not Under Lock And Key: You Have Simply Been Granted A Reprieve.

How Do Cultures Differ From One Another? Above All, In Their Customs. Tell Me How You Dress, How You Act, What Are Your Habits, Which Gods You Honor, And I Will Tell You Who You Are. Man Not Only Creates Culture, He Carries It Around With Him. Man Is Culture.

Although A System May Cease To Exist In The Legal Sense Or As A Structure Of Power, Its Values (or Anti-values), Its Philosophy, Its Teachings Remain In Us. They Rule Our Thinking, Our Conduct, Our Attitude To Others. The Situation Is A Demonic Paradox: We Have Toppled The System But We Still Carry Its Genes.

In The Russian Experience, Although The Russian State Is Oppressive, It Is Their State, It Is Part Of Their Fabric, And So The Relation Between Russian Citizens And Their State Is Complicated.

In The Tropics The White Feels Weakened, Or Downright Weak, Whence Comes The Heightened Tendency To Outbursts Of Aggression. People Who Are Polite, Modest Or Even Humble In Europe Fall Easily Into A Rage Here, Get Into Fights, Destroy Other People. . .