Sunday, October 07, 2007
Defining Days
Everyone seems to be defining others these days at the NYT. Roger Cohen (see 'Distinctions matter' post below) warned about unfairly defining people as 'neoconservatives.' But Tony Judt isn't going to let Cohen et gang off the hook without defining and damning them as 'liberal hawks.' Meanwhile, David Brooks is defining 'dispositional conservatives' and 'creedal conservatives.' And Paul Krugman is defining 'modern movement conservatism' as one that 'attracts a certain personality type.' ... I don't know what it all means. But there's a lot of infighting and psychoanalyzing going on. ...
Everyone seems to be defining others these days at the NYT. Roger Cohen (see 'Distinctions matter' post below) warned about unfairly defining people as 'neoconservatives.' But Tony Judt isn't going to let Cohen et gang off the hook without defining and damning them as 'liberal hawks.' Meanwhile, David Brooks is defining 'dispositional conservatives' and 'creedal conservatives.' And Paul Krugman is defining 'modern movement conservatism' as one that 'attracts a certain personality type.' ... I don't know what it all means. But there's a lot of infighting and psychoanalyzing going on. ...
