1. Terry Eagleton's 2006 critique of Dawkins in the @LRB holds up really well in light of recent events: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n20/terry-eagleton/lunging-flailing-mispunching …
@xaviermalina Here's the base issue: what you describe "ad hominem" can more properly be described the sociology of knowledge.
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@HeerJeet it is about how saying 'so and so is stupid, therefore their ideas are dumb' is not a deep argument to be proud of. -
@xaviermalina I don't think Eagleton is arguing that Dawkins is stupid. Rather that RD's critique of religion doesn't engage strongest foes - Show replies
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