Walzer on the Left

[Brad DeLong]

>I don't understand how someone can write a piece like this and not cite
>specific articles and individuals which is the subject of the criticism.
>
>Jacob Segal

I found it annoying too... very much like Herbert Butterfield's _The 
Whig Interpretation of History_, which came to grips with very few 
actual whigs.

If you're going to do this sort of thing, you need to cite passages 
from real people, demonstrate that those passages are representative 
of their thought, and demonstrate that the people you have chosen are 
in some way important markers of a broader current of thought. Walzer 
is at best being sloppy.

Brad DeLong