"On arriving at the end of one of Menand's pieces, you commonly think: how ably done. You are less excited than you were before" (Bromwich).
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Replying to @samuelmoyn
The overarching message of Menand's work is: Calm Down.
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Replying to @DamonLinker @samuelmoyn
Often that's a good and necessary message
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we've all been a bit less excited about Freud since at least 1962, right?
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But Frederick Crews should be less excited about debunking him.
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For someone who rejects Freudian theory so totally, Crews is oddly insistent about re-enacting the killing of the father.
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Oh, totally. Crews is a walking exemplar of the very theory he's devoted his latter career to denouncing. It's hilarious, actually.
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The accusation that Freud undermined traditional morality by encouraging people to enjoy sex is ... strange.
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