[lbo-talk] Russell Berman on the 60s

[Sean Andrews]

Well thanks for the interview as I wouldn't have heard of her otherwise.
That and the one a few weeks ago with Mark Dery. I hadn't heard of him
either.  He's fantastic and the interview was so great. Very entertaining.

On Sunday, July 15, 2012, Doug Henwood wrote:


>
> On Jul 14, 2012, at 10:36 PM, Sean Andrews wrote:
>
> > I was led to the article by Catherine Liu's book American
> > Idyll.  Doug had an interview with her a few months back. It is also
> quite
> > provocative and I was surprised at how unusual it is - and how closely
> her
> > argument tracks those resistant to the notion that antiintellectualism
> is a
> > thoroughly disabling starting position for a radical movement.  She also
> > digs deeply into the origins of testing in education (tying it to the
> > misappropriation of Dewey and pragmatism in general by opportunist,
> > reactionary elites.) I think this was the main topic of Doug's chat with
> > her, but there is really a lot more to her book than that.
>
> Much more! You can cover only so much in 1/2 hour. It's a very good book.
>
> Doug
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