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

[Justin Schwartz]

>
>----- Original Message -----
>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

Actually I didn't take it as negative snipe. Brown might not have minded it. 
I haven't read B in more than 25 years, but from my dim recollections, it 
was a _lot_ like taking drugs. In my case it didn't lead to tenure though. 
Wolfe has drifted to the right. I expect Kells to rose to his defense again. 
But then, Posnerphile that I am, I can hardly complain about my friends' 
favorite right-wingers. Still, I'll take Dick over Alan any day. jks

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