Title: Tedious, self-indulgent
Product review: I had heard good things about the author's work before but had not read any myself. I came away disappointed. There are flashes of great insight at times and the author is obviously smart and well read. But after a while it becomes clear that convincing the reader of those two points is the author's main aim. The book makes readers embarrassed for not knowing the details of 18th century, obscure texts, and the author dismisses the work of other leading political theorists with one line throw away sentences. I forced myself to finish, but in the end, I agreed with Melbourne that the work is fundamentally tedious and self-indulgent.
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