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and then readings by a dillerent poet
each week. The initial broadcast will
be
January 8th, with Mark Van Doren as
guest. On the 15th, Horace Gregory; the
22nd Muriel Rukeyser, and the 29th,
Stephen Vincent Benet. Later on I hope
to introduce younger, less established
poets.
NEw YoRK
CITY
EVE MEIUIIAM
EGYPT HEARD FROM
Sirs:
I'm sorry for pARTISAN REVIEW that
it
had to publish such a sad, dull and bor·
ing cretinism as M. James Burnham's
theory on what he pompously calls "the
managerial revolution." I say that articles
like his have no other possible aim than
that of justifying in a pseudo-dialectical
way the acceptance of "fascist order" re–
garded as a natural phenomenon if not as
a profitable step towards a new social
horizon. Besides, a work which has been
finely carried on for years by M. de Man
now supported by Professor Spinasse,
Marcel Deat and other minor traitors.
It seems strange to me that M. Burn.
ham nowhere mentions private property
or analyzes its respective situation
ia
Germany and USSR. Private property
1
doesn't interest him. Managers only
do.
As a matter of fact, his theory lacks
do–
tails on the nature, the social origins,
the
frontiers of the managerial class.
It
maket
me think of a new type of holy spirit,
the
bourgeoisie being the father and
the
working class the son.
It
probably
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somewhere between sky and earth, free
from every material tie.
The destiny of PARTISAN REVIEW
is
I
funny one indeed. Starting from Man·
ist sectarism, it develops into non-Man·
ist eclectism and concludes with
anti–
Marxist revisionism.
Aug. 21, 1941
CAIRO, EcYPT
GEORC HENEIII
P.S. At least it becomes possible now
to laugh at M. Burnham's historical
polo
tulates (. . . "the basic explanation of
the
Nazi-Soviet Pact"). Impudence is
some–
times punished.
P.R. continues its mysterious coW'se.
See
my
review of Burnham's book
in
tAil
issue.- DWICHT MACDONALD.
