Judith: "little Turk' rings a bell, but I can't work out why.
I recall reading about Chomsky's linguistic theories being challenged by "the Young Turks." The sense was of a classic neo-Freudian generational conflict enacted in the academy: Young Turks arising to smash the idols of the older generation. Thus does one intellectual fad replace another.
Also recalling the PDQ Bach opera, "The Abduction of Figaro,"
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