Nizhe vsiakoi kritiki

[Kathleen Parthe]

        The subject header of Dmitry Khanin's message of June 7, with its
gleeful announcement of the trashing of another Slavist's book, surely
marks a low point in this list. That he chose as the object of his attack
Caryl Emerson, one of the most intellectually and personally generous
people in the profession, makes the tone particularly inappropriate.
Criticism is meant to examine new publications and offer professional
opinions, positive or negative. When it becomes a blood sport, we all lose.


                                Kathleen Parthe

Kathleen Parthe
Associate Professor of Russian
Director of Russian Studies
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