tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35658622.post8425899960987104662..comments2023-11-18T08:09:26.056+13:00Comments on Abandoned Footnotes: The Revolution as a Drinking PartyXavier Marquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10099356104979121153noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35658622.post-32563774563134096372015-01-10T07:40:35.409+13:002015-01-10T07:40:35.409+13:00But Adam, the revolution had not been accomplished...But Adam, the revolution had not been accomplished at the time.Xavier Marquezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10099356104979121153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35658622.post-15463388183993306502015-01-10T07:39:49.656+13:002015-01-10T07:39:49.656+13:00ChrisM - you are right, I think! Kotkin must have ...ChrisM - you are right, I think! Kotkin must have gotten them confused - elsewhere in the book he does note that Mikhail was the officer, and Vladimir worked for Lenin.Xavier Marquezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10099356104979121153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35658622.post-81456095643707437322015-01-09T03:37:15.837+13:002015-01-09T03:37:15.837+13:00Vladimir Bonch-Bruevich wasn't in the tsar'...Vladimir Bonch-Bruevich wasn't in the tsar's army, he was Lenin's personal secretary. Vladimir's brother Mikhail was the tsarist officer. ChrisMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06264355590211481637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35658622.post-90512850247939531642015-01-05T09:58:12.630+13:002015-01-05T09:58:12.630+13:00Freud lists intoxication as the first of many &quo...Freud lists intoxication as the first of many "palliative measures" that people use to cope with civilization. Perhaps the problem with revolution is that, once accomplished, everything taken for granted is no longer operative. Such a realization might be too much to bear.Adam Yoksashttp://www.thoughtandpolitics.comnoreply@blogger.com