[lbo-talk] The country that wouldn't grow up

[Joel Schalit]

I was really surprised to see this, especially the first version of  
Judt's piece, which was originally published by the NY Times. Ever  
since Mearsheimer and Walt published their LRB piece, scores of  
liberal intellectuals are coming out of the closet as Israel critics.

What I find annoying about such pieces is that they are all being  
heralded as indicative of a new sensibility about Israel triggered by  
the Mearsheimer/Walt article. I think the better way to frame this is  
that M/W's piece was indicative of an overcoming of taboos about  
speaking critically of Israel in liberal intellectual circles, and  
now, many of their kin are feeling freer to speak up like they did.

On May 10, 2006, at 7:17 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Colin Brace wrote:
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>> By Tony Judt
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>> http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/711997.html
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>
> Good piece, but I hear he's a dick for blocking leftists from  
> getting hired at NYU.
>
> Doug
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