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The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1991. 2. 2 'Two Hundred Years of Reactionary Rhetoric: The ... Skiptomaincontent Accessibilityhelp Weusecookiestodistinguishyoufromotherusersandtoprovideyouwithabetterexperienceonourwebsites.Closethismessagetoacceptcookiesorfindouthowtomanageyourcookiesettings. Cancel Login × × Home OnlysearchcontentIhaveaccessto Hostname:page-component-6c8bd87754-lkb8j Totalloadingtime:0.254 Renderdate:2022-01-04T15:00:39.059Z Hasdataissue:true FeatureFlags:{ "shouldUseShareProductTool":true, "shouldUseHypothesis":true, "isUnsiloEnabled":true, "metricsAbstractViews":false, "figures":true, "newCiteModal":false, "newCitedByModal":true, "newEcommerce":true, "newUsageEvents":true } Home>Journals>GovernmentandOpposition>Volume28Issue3>TheRhetoricofReaction—TwoYearsLaterEnglish Français GovernmentandOppositionArticlecontentsExtractReferencesTheRhetoricofReaction—TwoYearsLater PublishedonlinebyCambridgeUniversityPress:  28March2014AlbertO.HirschmanArticle Metrics ArticlecontentsExtractReferencesGetaccessShareCiteRights&Permissions[Opensinanewwindow]Extract Therearevariousreasonswhyanauthormaywishtoreturn,nottothe‘classic’hewrotethirtyyearsago(thisisawidelypractisedandacceptedformofnarcissism),buttoabookhehasonlyrecentlypublished.OnesuchreasoncouldbethathesuffersfromanacutecaseofwhattheFrenchcallespritdel'escalier(spiritofthestaircase)—thinkingofthebrilliantremarkonemighthavemadeduringtheconversationonlyasonewalksdownthestaircaseafterleavingtheparty.Anotherpossibilityisthatthebookwasattackedandthatsomenewideasoccurredtotheauthorasherepliedtohisdetractors.Also,uponreflectingonhisbook,theauthormaydiscoversomeconnectinglinkbetweenitandhisearlierwritingswhichhefeelshewouldliketoexplore.Whileweareworkingonanewbookweareoftenprovidentiallyprotectedbytheillusionthatweareengagedonanentirelynovelandoriginalenterprise.Wemayneedthisfeelingtosetoutatall.Onlyafterwearefinisheddowerecognizethatanargumentwehaveputforthiscloselyrelatedtopointswhichwehavemadelongagoorwhich,alternatively,standinsometensiontoit. Type OriginalArticles Information GovernmentandOpposition , Volume28 , Issue3,01July1993,pp.292-314DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-7053.1993.tb01317.x[Opensinanewwindow] Copyright Copyright©GovernmentandOppositionLtd1993 AccessoptionsGetaccesstothefullversionofthiscontentbyusingoneoftheaccessoptionsbelow.(Loginoptionswillcheckforinstitutionalorpersonalaccess.Contentmayrequirepurchaseifyoudonothaveaccess.)References 1 1 TheRhetoricofReaction:Perversity,Futility,Jeopardy,Cambridge,Mass.,HarvardUniversityPress,1991. 2 2‘TwoHundredYearsofReactionaryRhetoric:TheCaseofthePerverseEffect’,TheTannerLecturesinHumanValues,Vol.10,SaltLakeCity,UniversityofUtahPress,1989,pp.1–32and‘ReactionaryRhetoric’,TheAtlantic,May1989,pp.63–70. 3 3 AmericanSociologicalReview,1,December1936,p.895ascitedinRhetoric,p.la.. 4 4SeeTheLondonReviewofBooh,Vol.14,No.21,5Nov.1992. 5 5 RhetoricofReaction,p.72. 6 6 TheStrategyofEconomicDevelopment,NewHaven,YaleUniversityPress,1958,pp.118–19. 7 7‘ThePoliticalEconomyofImport‐SubstitutingIndustrializationinLatinAmerica’,in.,4BiasforHope,NewHaven,YaleUniversityPress,1971,pp.106–114.Aparticularlyinsidiousroleamongtheseresistanceshadbeenuncoveredandgivenconsiderableattentionatthetimebystudiesoftheeffective(asopposedtonominal)protectionrate.Seemyremarksonpp.107and110,fn.28ofthearticle. 8 8Seemy‘IndustrializationanditsManifoldDiscontents‐West,East,andSouth’,WorldDevelopment,20,September1992,pp.1225–32. 9 9SimilardifficultiesincompletingindustrializationhavebeencharacteristicoftheformerSovietUnionanditssatellitesinEasternEurope,butintheoppositedirection.Heretheemphasishadlongbeenonthebuildingupofheavyindustryandmachinery,butsomehowthe‘next’stagewherepreferentialattentionwouldbegiventosatisfyingtheconsumer,wasneverreached.ThiscontrastbetweentheLatinAmericanandSovietexperiencesingettingstuckisdiscussedinthepaperreferredtointheprecedingfootnote. 10 10Ageneralandindustry‐by‐industrysurveyisinBernardElbaumandWilliamLazonick(eds),TheDeclineoftheBritishEconomy,Oxford,Clarendon,1986.Areviewofthisbookandageneralsurveyofthe‘decline’literatureisin Kirby,M.W.,‘InstitutionalRigiditiesandEconomicDecline:ReflectionsontheBritishExperience’,EconomicHistoryReview,45,1992,pp.637–60.CrossRefGoogleScholar 11 11PierreRosanvallon,LeSacreaucitoyen:HistoiredusuffrageuniverselenFrance,Paris,Gallimard,1992,pp.130–45andpp.393–412. 12 12Rosanvallon,op.cit.,p.397. 13 13Rosanvallon,op.cit.,p.394. 14 14Inanearlieramendmenttothe‘unbalanced’sequencesofTheStrategyofEconomicDevelopmentandtothedistinctionbetween‘compulsive’or‘permissive’sequences,Icalledattentiontothepossibleexistenceofa‘sailing‐against‐the‐wind’sequence:hereacountryorsocietywishestomoveforwardintwodirections,saygrowthandequity,butitsohappensthat,atanyonetime,itcanmoveforwardinoneofthesedirectionsonlyatthecostofretreatingintheother.Ishowedthatitisconceivablethatacountrycanstillmakeprogressinbothdirectionsbyfollowingthispattern.(See‘ADissenter'sConfession:TheStrategyofEconomicDevelopmentRevisited’inHirschman,RivalViewsofMarketSocietyandOtherRecentEssays,NewYork,VikingPenguin,1986,pp.27–32.)The‘sailing‐against‐the‐wind’sequenceisnodoubtmoretroublesomethanthevariousunbalanced‐growthsequenceswhichIhadenvisagedearlier,butitisstillsuperiortotheabortivesequencesIhavepassedinreviewhere. 15 15Thismagazinepublishedconcurrentlyareplyonmypart.SeeRaymondBoudon,‘Larhétoriqueest‐elleréactionnaire?’and Hirschman,AlbertO.,‘L’argumentintransigeantcommeidéereçue.EnguisederéponseàRaymondBoudon’,LeDébat,No.69(March–April1992),pp.92–109.GoogleScholarIhavedrawnonmyreplytoBoudoninpartofthepresentpaper. 16 16 Muller,JerryZ.,‘AlbertHirschman’sRhetoricofRecrimination’,PublicInterest,No.104,Summer1991,pp.81–92.GoogleScholar 17 17Myargumenthereisobviouslyrelatedtothe‘principleofthehidinghand’whichIputforwardtwenty‐fiveyearsagotoexplainhowdevelopmentprojectscansometimesbesuccessfulbecausetheircosts(ordifficultiesingeneral)havebeenunderestimatedinitially.SeeDevelopmentProjectsObserved,Washington,DC,Brookings,1968,ch.1. 18 18Nietzsche’stermwas‘Selbstüberwindung’(self‐overcoming)in‘NietzschecontraWagner’.SeeWerke,ed.KarlSchlechta,Munich,Hanser,1960,Vol.2,p.903. 19 19AccordingtoNielsBohr,bytheway,theprogressofscienceconsistsinmovingfromthe‘deeptruths’totheothers.NielsBohr,‘DiscussionwithEinsteinonEpistemologicalProblemsinAtomicPhysics’,inP.A.Schilpp(ed.),AlbertEinstein:Philosopher‐Scientist,Evanston,II.,TheLibraryofLivingPhilosophers,1949,p.240.IowethisreferencetoFreemanDyson. 20 20Boudon,op.cit.,fn.15,p.99. 21 21ThistermisusedbyRenéRémondinhishighlyfavourablereviewinLeMonde,19April1991. 22 22Sec‘Larhétoriqueprogressistcetlaréformateur’,Commentaire,16,Summer1993. 23 23ItsauthorwasRobertD.Reischauer,thenasenioreconomistattheBrookingsInstitutionandpresentlyDirector,JointCongressionalEconomicCommittee.Iamgratefultohimformakinghismemorandumavailabletome. 24 24Forthelocusclassicusofthispoint,see Stigler,GeorgeJ.,‘TheEconomicsofInformation’,JournalofPoliticalEconomy,61,June1961,pp.213–25.CrossRefGoogleScholar 25 25Thispointisalsorelatedtothe‘principleofthehidinghand’mentionedinfootnote. 26 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