Time Unfolded
Perry Anderson: Powell v. the World, 2 August 2018
“... reaction is to recall a Scottish poet, not exactly a household name: Some lines of John Davidson suddenly came into my head: ‘And so they wait, while empires sprung Of hatred thunder past above, Deep in the earth for ever young Tannhäuser and the Queen of Love’ On reflection, the situation was not a very close parallel, because it was most ... ”