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Title: Essential Reading
Review: Lilla is masterful in revealing the excesses and foolishness of much of what American academics find profound. The critiques of Derrida and Foucault are the best I have ever read. Derrida is shown to be a charlatan-- completely bereft of any useful insights. But the core of these essays -- the relationship of personal psychology to the philosophy/politics mix -- displays a rich and insightful intelligence at work. A must-read.
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