One for the team
I just posted a response to J.H. Hexter's essay on Now & Then Reader, "The Historian and His Day." To tell you the truth, it irritated me. The guy was writing in the 1950s and clearly had a little woman at home, to take care of the details, leaving him free to pursue his very important scholarly inquiries from early morning until bedtime, seven days a week.
Come on, who lives this way anymore? Why should we care about this dead white male's opinions?
Come on, who lives this way anymore? Why should we care about this dead white male's opinions?
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Mar 03, 2012 06:40AM
Without having read Hexter's essay, I provisionally agree with your reaction here, but I'm glad I read your response at http://nonfictionbooksblog.blogspot.com/. I submitted a comment there, which should be visible after approval.
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Thanks, John. As I said, I found Hexter's essay irritating. Took me back to those not so bygone days of yore when academics was a boy's club -- a white boy's club. I couldn't let the smug tone of privilege that pervades his essay pass unnoticed. Maybe others will be inspired to express an opinion as well and we can start a dialogue on the site.
