@michelledean @AdamSerwer @jelani9 He was "discovered" as an intellectual when he was already middle aged and had to fight with people who
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@michelledean@AdamSerwer@jelani9 took that honorific for granted, via advanced education.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@michelledean@AdamSerwer@jelani9 I think that@robgreeneII has written about Cruse's intellectual reception, both Lasch's famous essay3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@michelledean@AdamSerwer@jelani9@robgreeneII which facilitated his "crossing over" (interestingly, Lasch, too, was famously contrarian1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@michelledean@AdamSerwer@jelani9@robgreeneII and perhaps saw a kindred spirit in Cruse) and the reception within black community.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@yeselson@michelledean@AdamSerwer@jelani9@robgreeneII Major 1960s intellectuals all autodidacts: Jacobs, Carson, Harrington, Cruse.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@HeerJeet@michelledean@AdamSerwer@jelani9@robgreeneII Right--non credentialed by academy. But then so were Howe/Daniel Bell, basically.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@yeselson@michelledean@AdamSerwer@jelani9@robgreeneII Right. Columbia gave Bell a de facto doctorate based on his labour reporting.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@michelledean@AdamSerwer@jelani9@robgreeneII But no dissertation, right?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@yeselson @michelledean @AdamSerwer @jelani9 @robgreeneII No, no dissertation per se. In that sense Cruse was last in a line.
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