I think of perhaps three reasons:
(1) Hitchens was an infamous turncoat, probably one of the best known people to have defected from the radical left in the last generation. An understanding of the reasons for his apostasy may give us some insights into both why people become radical leftists and why some later defect.
(2) Hitchens himself, whatever else one might want to say about was a fascinating figure, so he is certainly worthy of study by a talented writer like Richard Seymour.
(3) And since Hitchens was such a well known figure, a book by Seymour on Hitchens, is likely to draw increased attention to Richard Seymour's own work. A result that can only be applauded.
Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant www.foxymath.com Learn or Review Basic Math Original Message: ----------------- From: Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:38:18 -0600 To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] excerpt and review of Unhitched
The local SDS leader who tore the group apart by embracing Weatherman had only a couple months earlier argued that our focus should be to oppose the far rigdht.
I would suggest myself that the likes of Hitchens should simply be ignored, as should Fox News et c. It's essentially a cop-out from the real tasks leftists face today.
Carrol
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