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We must move, must grow, from apocalypse to dialectic

From Marshall Berman’s Notes Toward a New Society:

If we want our souls to expand authentically, we must make room for ourselves at the center. In the course of the sixties we have learned to affirm, avidly, militantly, everyone but ourselves. Now we must affirm ourselves as well. We must move, must grow, from apocalypse to dialectic.

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January 26, 2026
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