Snobbery is terribly damaging: the New York intellectuals looked down on Kinsey as a rube: yet his work was more important in the long run.
@JamesWolcott Absolutely. I actually wrote on McLuhan and New York intellectuals for my M.A. thesis.
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@HeerJeet Earlier this week I was reading interview w/ McLuhan by Tom Wolfe where the weather was so hot WOLFE ACTUALLY TOOK OFF HIS JACKET.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JamesWolcott Thesis was too academic, alas. But gist of argument is here: http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2011.07-media-divine-inspiration/ …
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