161. Sentiment
The Allusionist
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The Importance of Sentimentality
Sentimentality is also a technology of imperialism that says, like, look at how white women make the world better. That sort of helps the empire to establish continuity despite chaos. Sentimentality can also be a relationship we have to a piece of culture that itself is not inherently sentimental. The nineteenth century is kind of e the peak of british imperialism.
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