theory-mongering

Updated: July 12, 2026

Instead, the center of the stage was again occupied by the old red-tape activities, by discussions about the Jewish question endless no less than fruitless in the recesses of bureaucratic committees and sub-committees, by oracular animadversions of governors and governors-general upon the conduct of the Jews, and so on. Theory-mongering of the reactionary variety was again at a premium.

Simon Dubnow - History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II: From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander: III. (1825-1894)