Monday, August 29, 2016
RE PAGLIA SCHAMA EYE CANDY
I just read DK's old paean to Paglia.
They were, especially his later stuff, way too caught up in sensationalism and hyperbole, even making it up as one goes along. (Note to Randy: I am, of course, not at all against improvisation, as improvisation.)
Paglia was a joy to read, but then you sat back and reflected on what outlandish things she had just asserted.
My wife, who follows NPR closely, just referred me to Laqueur's podcasts, as a way to get European History.
I almost lost my cookies.
They were, especially his later stuff, way too caught up in sensationalism and hyperbole, even making it up as one goes along. (Note to Randy: I am, of course, not at all against improvisation, as improvisation.)
Paglia was a joy to read, but then you sat back and reflected on what outlandish things she had just asserted.
My wife, who follows NPR closely, just referred me to Laqueur's podcasts, as a way to get European History.
I almost lost my cookies.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
RE THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND ALLAN BLOOM
Maybe a precursor to the recent one, about the Western mind?
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