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Title: Surprisingly amateurish--straw men
Review: I started having serious problems with this book around Chapter 1, when Postrel lays out her "stasist" versus "dynamist" thesis. I don't disagree with her that the terms "liberal" and "conservative" are ossified and meaningless, but this book does little to shed light on current political paradigms. Ms. Postrel appears to have started with her conclusion and then picked pop culture phenomenon, political leaders, etc. that fit into her theory, which is just as rigid as the "stasism" she claims to reject. She is a facile and, at times, entertaining writer, but this book sets up a static straw man to serve as a counterpoint to her "dynamists." The overall effect reads like a cut-and-paste senior thesis. Dynamism, in her somewhat murky view, appears to be warmed-over libertarianism, but don't count on the intelligence or critical thinking of a John Hospers in this volume.
