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1、Con gurationsofDissent:FractionsofCapital,ClassStruggleandtheDeclineofBritainSimonClarkePerryAnderson'sresurrectionofhisanalysisofBritishexceptionalism, rstpro-poundedaquarterofacenturyago,hasbroughtforthaspiritedrejoinderfromMichael1Barrat-Brown.However,whileBarrat-Bro
2、wnhasruthlesslycriticisedAnderson'sre-visedcharacterisationoftheBritishrulingclass,heleavesopentoAndersontheripostewhichAndersonaddressedtoEdwardThompson'soriginalcritique,that`hedidnotaddresshimselftothecentralproblematstake
3、theoriginsofthepresentcrisis
4、2atall'.TheOrig
5、insofthePresentCrisiswasverymuchaproductofitshistoricalmo-ment,thepoliticalconfrontationbetweenHaroldWilsonandthe14thEarlofHome,betweenatechnocraticreformismandanaristocraticamateurism.ForAndersonthisconfrontationwassymptomaticofenduringstructuralfeaturesofBritishsociet
6、y,whichhadblockedboththerevivalofcapitalismandtheadvancetowardssocialism.Hethe-orisedthesestructuralfeaturesintermsofthepersistenceofaristocraticrulealongsideanimplacablyreformistworkingclass,whichheexplainedbytheprematurecharacteroftheEnglishrevolution.Anderson'sanalys
7、isoftherulingclasswasdevastatinglycriticisedintheensuingdebate.Andersonnowacknowledgesthatthearistocracywasessentiallycapitalist,andthatthepoliticaldominanceoftheEnglisharistocracy,andthereformistinclinationsoftheBritishworkingclass,werebynomeansexceptionalinacomparativ
8、econtext.InhisrecentarticleAndersonhassubstantiallyrevisedhishistoricalanalysisoftheBritishrulingclass,toreasserttheaccuracyofhisoriginaldiagnosisofthepresentcrisis.DrawingparticularlyontheworkofIngham,Wiener,RubinsteinandBarnett,herepeatshisoriginalclaimthatthepeculiar
9、ityofBritainliesinthepersistentcul-tural,economic,socialandpoliticalexclusionofindustrialcapitalfromthecentresofpower.Thisconclusionisjusti edbytheclaimthatalthoughthelandedaristocracy,inBritainaselsewhere,wasassimilatedintothecapitalistclass,thiswasa nancialandcommerci
10、al,andnotanindustrial,class.Correspondinglythearistocraticdis-dainforindustrywasreproducedasthelocusofpowershi
