Never take anything Christopher Hitchens writes at face value. You have to find a supporting source for every fact he cites.
@JonathanSadowsk Sure, I understand. I agree about Roy Porter. I'd add Lawrence Stone as another example. Maybe also Peter Gay?
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@HeerJeet Yes on Stone, whom I think was brilliantly creative though careless. I rarely found mis-citations in Gay, but... -
@HeerJeet …Gay's indefatigable work on Freud was marred by flat, mechanical readings. But this is not a matter of poor citation. - Show replies
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