The Work of a Critic
First published in the Chronicle Review, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 2, 2012 The role of critics varies greatly according to the mission they im...
Month: March 2012
Remembering Daniel Bell, 1919-2011
Daniel Bell’s death closes out one of the most expansive and impressive intellectual careers of the twentieth century. He was a teacher of mine during my last t...
The Challenge to Book Culture
On the face of it, it would be hard to imagine a more depressing cultural subject right now than the future of book culture. Publishers are hurting badly; drove...