[lit-ideas] Re: H. Stuart Hughes
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 08:30:37 -0700
Hmm -- Sophisticated Rebels. He wrote the book in 1988 and as Hughes says
in his intro, "My own initial reaction was to fear that Sophisticated Rebels
had been overtaken by events less than a year from its date of publication.
My second was to recognize that the book had been heading in the right
direction." He goes on to describe the senses in which his book is heading
in the right direction. However, he would certainly have written a
different book had he written it in 1989. So after I read his paperback
introduction (written in 1989 after the fall) I set the book aside and
forgot about it. Perhaps I'll give it another shot.
Lawrence
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: H. Stuart Hughes
On Apr 5, 2012, at 6:44 PM, Lawrence Helm wrote:
Thanks,
I occasionally encounter an author that strikes me as so good I want to read
everything they wrote. Consciousness and Society "almost" put Hughes in
that category for me but I was turned off by what I read in Wikipedia. Even
so I decided to try one more of his books.
Prompted by your question, I sent today for "Sophisticated Rebels." The
reviews are good.
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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