tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post7169651979557136836..comments2024-03-28T20:47:48.468-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUERobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-56068964140956665892019-04-15T07:06:55.759-04:002019-04-15T07:06:55.759-04:00What is it about Isaiah Berlin that you guys disli...What is it about Isaiah Berlin that you guys dislike so much? I thought his profiles of various Enlightenment thinkers were actually very good. There's also a book about Marx, which I haven't read, but which some people I know consider a classic.Bjornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02698906609662554600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-51636810155542578812019-04-13T12:19:23.927-04:002019-04-13T12:19:23.927-04:00Incidentally, if you like a good hatchet job, then...Incidentally, if you like a good hatchet job, then I don't think you can do much better than this searing review of Bret Easton Ellis' most recent steaming pile. https://www.bookforum.com/inprint/026_01/20825James Camien McGuigganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08323424421768387480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-66293814126572006692019-04-13T10:09:52.728-04:002019-04-13T10:09:52.728-04:00Didn't Berlin also blacklist someone for being...Didn't Berlin also blacklist someone for being a homosexual? Could have swore I read that somewhere. Which shows just how committed to liberty and freedom that hack really was.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-5151712102798168032019-04-13T08:51:20.834-04:002019-04-13T08:51:20.834-04:00No (true) Kant scholars are tedious---with the pos...No (true) Kant scholars are tedious---with the possible exception of my room-mate.jgkess@cfl.rr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-62387812320297389612019-04-12T19:25:12.007-04:002019-04-12T19:25:12.007-04:00@Michael above: Berlin's blacklisting of Deuts...@Michael above: Berlin's blacklisting of Deutscher was (allegedly) caused by that review. A petty man.DDAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563878282038308662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-52248312180673449832019-04-12T18:23:12.194-04:002019-04-12T18:23:12.194-04:00Alas, Chris, I do not think it is, though I will c...Alas, Chris, I do not think it is, though I will check. Those were the days!Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-23519198597975841122019-04-12T18:17:21.487-04:002019-04-12T18:17:21.487-04:00Speaking of hatchet jobs, I recall Dr.Wolff giving...Speaking of hatchet jobs, I recall Dr.Wolff giving an informal talk at UMASS on what I would characterize as the ‘structuralist/Althusserian turn in the Econ. Dep’t. It was in 1979 (I think) and delivered in a room in the student center. Hatchet job is too crass a term for the talk, rather it was an artfully delivered critique. Is that talk in your archives? I roomed with a couple of Econ grad students who spent a lot of time trying to convince me that Adorno and Marcuse couldn’t hold a candle to Althusser. Perhaps unfairly, it seemed to me that Althusser was simply tying to put a new philosophical spin on vulgar Marxism.Christopher J. Mulvaney, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15817420454023465228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-66680059650210590392019-04-12T15:06:29.149-04:002019-04-12T15:06:29.149-04:00Berlin also kept Deutscher out of the university b...Berlin also kept Deutscher out of the university by blacklisting him, so no tears lost ovee this reviewMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781744385645937568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-5389714330508903672019-04-12T13:22:50.882-04:002019-04-12T13:22:50.882-04:00Ugh Berlin is the worst. Glad something good came ...Ugh Berlin is the worst. Glad something good came out of his career.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.com