http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/30/addendum/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:54:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/30/addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-7088 Timothy Burke Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:05:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=505#comment-7088 I like Steven Johnson's work. But I think his intellectual history here is wrong on multiple levels, and gives vastly too much credit (or blame, depending on your views) to Said--an artifact, perhaps, of having studied with him. I like Steven Johnson’s work. But I think his intellectual history here is wrong on multiple levels, and gives vastly too much credit (or blame, depending on your views) to Said—an artifact, perhaps, of having studied with him.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/30/addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-7087 David Sucher Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:51:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=505#comment-7087 In the vein of Edward Said stories, here's <a href="http://citycomfortsblog.typepad.com/cities/2003/06/what_i_learned_.html">one of mine</a>. In the vein of Edward Said stories, here’s one of mine.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/30/addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-7086 PG Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:43:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=505#comment-7086 There was something sort of post-modern -- or maybe actually Renaissance -- about how the <a href="http://bertrandrussell.blogspot.com/2003_09_21_bertrandrussell_archive.html#106454368397996592">main theme</a> of Said's life expressed itself in both his academic and political work. There was something sort of post-modern—or maybe actually Renaissance—about how the main theme of Said’s life expressed itself in both his academic and political work.

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