NY Times: Norman Brown, Playful Philosopher, 89, Is Dead

[Nathan Newman]

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From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
> >``Reading Brown was a little like taking drugs, only it was
> >more likely to lead to tenure,'' the sociologist Alan Wolfe
> >wrote in The New Republic in 1991.
>
> What a little shit Wolfe is. His rightward move has been great for
> his academic career.

Although the quote is right-on--- I read "Life Against Death" in a non-stop
24-hour spurt that was pretty intoxicating.  It's still one of my all-time
most enjoyable reads.

-- Nathan