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Lewis S. Feuer (1912–2002)

Autor von Spinoza and the rise of liberalism.

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Geburtstag
1912-12
Todestag
2002-11-24
Begräbnisort
Pine Grove Cemetery, Truro, Massachusetts, USA
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
USA
Ausbildung
State University of New York (BS - City College)
Harvard University (MA, PhD -Philosophy)
Berufe
professor emeritus (Sociology)
Organisationen
University of Virginia
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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.… (mehr)
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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