Am I hearing from you the last gasp of New Criticism? You've been out of Yale now, maybe 35 years, so get over it. Do you really think you can understand Hofstadter's work by ignoring evidence of his actual struggles on behalf of "counter revolution" and his hostility to Columbia campus activists in 1968? Do you think he suddenly became a different person when he emerged from Fayerweather?
Jesse Lemisch
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Why Richard Hofstadter Is Still Worth Reading butNotfor the Reasons the Critics Have in Mind
>
> On Oct 17, 2006, at 3:09 PM, Jesse Lemisch wrote:
>
> > Among those preparing was Hofstadter, who called for te AHA Council to
> > "organize a counter-revolution." Yes, that's what he said. Put that
> > in your
> > pipe, along with his address at Grayson Kirk's 1968 counter-
> > commencement.
> > But let's not forget: as has been posted here, his office door was
> > always
> > open and he was sos kind to his graduate students. "Counter-
> > revolution"
> > indeed. Seriously, folks, all this calls for more critical scrutiny
> > of H's
> > politics and history.
>
> Why don't you re-read a few of his damn books and stop with the
> anecdotes already?
>
> Doug
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