Comments on: More reading for the holidays

By: sokale

sokale — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:45:16 +0000

On page 277 of “Stalin’s” Ghost by Martin Cruz Smith there is the paragraph:

One evening was devoted to Pushkin. It was a salon. Everyone brought in their favorite verse. Very artsy. I brought Pushkin’s diary. It had all the women he shagged in intimate detail. The man could write.

We are the publishers of this “Pushkin’s diary” that is “Secret Journal 1836-1837″
http://www.mipco.com/english/pushBiling.html.

Are you aware of it?

By: John McCreery

John McCreery — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:28:44 +0000

If you like “Achieving Our Country” and want to read more, allow me to recommend the informal pieces collected in “Philosophy and Social Hope,” a very interesting read, indeed.

By: Inaudible Nonsense

Inaudible Nonsense — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:42:28 +0000

I need more books on my “to read” list like I need a hole in my head — but! — thank you. This sounds like another good read. I just started and am about to finish (it’s short, perfect for a break), Richard Rorty’s “Achieving Our Country” — for anyone interested in progressive politics in the U.S., this is a must read. And Rorty makes a strong case against the Marxist interpretation of Hegel.

By: John McCreery

John McCreery — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:43:37 +0000

Thanks for pointing me to this book. I remember with great pleasure reading her essay “Bourgeoise Virtue” in American Scholar a few years back. Her explanation for why “compromise” is such a dirty word (academics and activists both tend to behave like aristocrats obsessed with honor or peasants obsessed with property) instantly burned itself into my memory and has been a great conversation starter ever since.

By: julie

julie — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:08:33 +0000

Deirdre is quite possibly my favorite pop economist. The woman has a much broader perspective on the dismal science than the rest of her Chicago School peers.