>>>>>>>>American prof perhaps? Or maybe one of the other students was from the U.S.?
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>>>>>>>Neither. I had great professors (all Finns), half of them influenced by "Western" theories (Weber, Durkheim, Parsons...) and half of them influenced by Socialist/Communist theories (Marx, Engels, ...) But there was quite a few original Finnish thinking and theories as well (Eskola, Allardt, ...) No U.S. students anywhere to be seen at least in our department at that time.
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>>>>>>Well, I give up then. I don't know why you aren't in complete accord with Dragan's thinking. ;)
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>>>>>Did you read correspondence between Engels and Kautsky?
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>>>>No, I haven't. I'm aware of who they were and of their friendship, but I've not read their correspondences. Although, my whole thrust of replies to Pertti was in jest, aimed at Dragan's seeming distrust of anything western. I figured if they weren't agreeing on something, then it must be because there was some western influence in Pertti's thinking.
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>>>I am sorry, Alan. It was a joke, somehow related to the discussion, but, unfortunately, I forgot that only Russian-speaking person could get it.
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>>"Sobachje serdce"? ":)
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>Wow... it's been years since I read that... and I can't remember a thing except the book's cover. I remember "Maestro and Margarita" much more vividly, probably because of the movie (Yugoslav made, at that).
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>But this has triggered a nice memory - of "Journey of dilettantes" (Bulat O[unspellable]). That sounded like a lyrical version of something Dostoyevsky might have written had he ever had such a long streak of lyrical moods.

What a bum. Couldn't write a lick.