The book's conclusion turns to the question of "How to Do Theory in Politically Treacherous Times." We must recognize, Beiner argues, that "ferociously
antiliberal views of life are still very much in play," and think seriously about why so many of our fellow citizens find them attractive.
In his research, Professor Kopstein focuses on interethnic violence, voting patterns of minority groups, and
antiliberal tendencies in civil society, paying special attention to cases within European and Russian Jewish history.
And this is the way it usually is in history." (27) Frank notably wrote this in 1930 after fleeing to Germany from Russia after the horrific societal dismantling by left-wing
antiliberals following the 1917 Revolution (of which he was also critical), only to be forced to flee again later, this time to Paris, from the horrific societal dismantling by right-wing
antiliberal National Socialists (Nazis) in Germany.
Desde esta explicacion, el revisionismo seria sobre todo un movimiento iniciado entre intelectuales de la derecha nacionalista y
antiliberal que, influidos por Maurras, imaginaban en el pasado un proyecto de nacion autoctono y un orden social organico--encarnado en Juan Manuel de Rosas, caudillo bonaerense y la autoridad dominante del pais entre 1835 y 1852- que luego seria frustrado por el imperialismo y las elites liberales.
Sus caracteristicas son: a) ser revolucionaria: contra la cultura proletaria (del dogmatismo abstracto de la izquierda); b) ser popular: contra el populismo en tanto que ambigua cultura nacional; c) ser
antiliberal: contra la cultura conservadora (del liberalismo y positivismo); d) ser anticonservadora: contra la cultura conservadora (del conservadurismo); e) ser antiiberica: contra los hispanistas; f) ser indigenista: contra el indigenismo integracionista.