The voice of fascism
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How do you like your cosmopolitans? A bit on the rootless side perhaps?
Not knowing Russian I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the translation, but it’s been out there now for several hours so I assume it’s basically sound.
If you’ve never read this now 27-year-old essay by Umberto Eco, please do. I read it when it originally came out in the NYRB, and I remember thinking at the time how interesting history can be. It’s not just history any more.