In sight of finishing my (fourth) Carlyle lecture draft on Gertrude Himmelfarb and the 1940s Lord Acton revival - she is profoundly underrated in her importance, and - I believe - did most to invent neoconservatism out of a version of Cold War liberalism.https://www.amazon.com/dp/1942503210
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Replying to @samuelmoyn
Far and away the smartest of the Kristol/Himmelfarb clan. Worth looking up Christopher Ricks' criticism of her John Buchan essay -- it's very shrewd.
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Replying to @Mystic_Lawyer @samuelmoyn
It's in Ricks' book T.S. Eliot and Prejudice.
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It's in his NYRB takedown of "Victorian Minds," which led to the absolutely extraordinary exchange herehttps://www.nybooks.com/articles/1968/05/09/couples/ …
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Replying to @samuelmoyn @Mystic_Lawyer
Yes, but also Ricks had a follow-up where he revisited his review of Himmelfarb in his T.S. Eliot book.
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