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Lewis S. Feuer (1912–2002)

Författare till Spinoza and the rise of liberalism.

15+ verk 162 medlemmar 2 recensioner

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Födelsedag
1912-12
Avled
2002-11-24
Begravningsplats
Pine Grove Cemetery, Truro, Massachusetts, USA
Kön
male
Nationalitet
USA
Utbildning
State University of New York (BS - City College)
Harvard University (MA, PhD -Philosophy)
Yrken
professor emeritus (Sociology)
Organisationer
University of Virginia
Kort biografi
A communist (especially in its Trotskyist form) early in his career, he spent later years helping to discredit this movement and the New Left. Known for his books about Spinoza, Einstein, Marx, and about imperialism.

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This book should have been more interesting, but the characters spend too much time lecturing one another about political economy, philosophy, and such. If I hadn't been reading it for a book club, I wouldn't have finished it. The "mystery" is both uninteresting and resolved by the middle of the novel.

As to the Holmes characters, Sherlock is reasonably portrayed, but Watson isn't. He liked sea stories, not philosophical treatises. It might have been interesting to see Mycroft (who has always struck me as a Tory through and through) discuss matters with Marx, but the actual dialogue is simply sterile.… (mer)
½
 
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jmeisen | Oct 23, 2023 |
Dated, in a way, but eerily prescient about present-day American politics.
 
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Cacuzza | Nov 8, 2013 |

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Verk
15
Även av
2
Medlemmar
162
Popularitet
#130,374
Betyg
½ 3.7
Recensioner
2
ISBN
30
Språk
2

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