▁puzz led ▁over ▁Ge ert z ' s ▁article . ▁In ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁Schne ider , ▁Par s ons ▁spoke ▁about ▁" the ▁rather ▁sharp ▁strict ures ▁on ▁what ▁he ▁[ Ge ert z ] ▁calls ▁the ▁extremely ▁narrow ▁intellectual ▁tradition ▁with ▁special ▁reference ▁to ▁We ber , ▁but ▁also ▁to ▁Dur k heim . ▁My ▁basic ▁point ▁is ▁in ▁this ▁respect , ▁he ▁greatly ▁over st ated ▁his ▁case ▁seem ing ▁to ▁argue ▁that ▁this ▁intellectual ▁tradition ▁was ▁by ▁now ▁irrelevant ." ▁ ▁Schne ider ▁wrote ▁back ▁to ▁Par s ons , ▁" So ▁much , ▁so ▁often , ▁as ▁I ▁read ▁Cl iff ' s ▁stuff ▁I ▁cannot ▁get ▁a ▁clear ▁consistent ▁picture ▁of ▁just ▁what ▁the ▁religious ▁system ▁consist ▁in ▁instead ▁only ▁how ▁it ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁work ." ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁letter ▁of ▁July ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁to ▁Gene ▁Tan ke ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California ▁Press , ▁Par s ons ▁offered ▁a ▁critical ▁note ▁on ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁ps y cho anal yt ical ▁theory ▁and ▁wrote : ▁" The ▁use ▁of ▁ps y cho anal yt ical ▁theory ▁in ▁interpretation ▁of ▁social ▁and ▁historical ▁subject ▁matter ▁is ▁somewhat ▁ha z ard ous ▁enter prise , ▁and ▁a ▁good ▁deal ▁of ▁n ons ense ▁has ▁been ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁such ▁attempts ." ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁Par s ons ▁was ▁approached ▁by ▁the ▁pr estig ious ▁Encyclopedia ▁of ▁the ▁History ▁of ▁Ide a ▁about ▁writing ▁an ▁entry ▁in ▁the