Instead of a Conclusion

Written By Eliot Borenstein

If there's one thing I hate in Russian scholarly writing, it's the coy avoidance of a conclusion with the phrase "Instead of a Conclusion."  Today's entry warrants it, because I'm not being coy.  This is a chapter that has run away from me several times, and needs some rethinking before I can being to wrap it up.  I realize this is unsatisfying, but that's what happens when you're writing in real time, without a net.  If I force things, the conclusion can't help but be unsatisfying.

Instead, let's move on to the next chapter. Please join me next week for Chapter 3: "Unfit Motherlands: Adoption and the Rhetoric of National Integrity." Yes, we're skipping 2, but it's also quite possible Chapter 3 will become Chapter 2.  Again, no net.

Next: "I Hope the Russians Love Their Children, Too"

Eliot Borenstein
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