August 10, 2001

The Anti-Manifesto Manifesto

By CARLIN ROMANO

I. A spectre is haunting the manifesto -- the spectre of common sense, declaring it passé.

II. That spectre now stands naked for all to see, thanks to Manifesto: A Century of Isms, edited by Mary Ann Caws (University of Nebraska Press, 2001), a PROVOCATIVE holy alliance (with brief intros) of more than 200 influential instances, drawn from the countries of Old and New Europe.

III. The original 1848 model by Engels and Marx, lacking "on the one hand, on the other hand"

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