▁Be en ▁Hum ili ated ... ", ▁which ▁was ▁dub bed ▁" the ▁mother ▁of ▁all ▁book ▁tra ilers " ▁by ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Ob server . ▁ ▁Ko esten baum ' s ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁book ▁The ▁An atom y ▁of ▁Har po ▁Marx ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁mixed ▁reviews . ▁Brian ▁D illon ▁pra ised ▁the ▁book ▁in ▁S ight ▁and ▁Sound ▁as ▁" ch arm ing ▁and ▁rig orous " ▁and ▁la ud ed ▁the ▁book ▁in ▁F rie ze ▁as ▁an ▁" ex cell ent ▁example ▁of ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁del iri ous ▁scholar ship ." ▁ ▁In ▁New ▁H aven ▁Review , ▁Jonathan ▁K ie fer ▁described ▁the ▁book ▁as ▁“ a ▁z esty ▁and ▁deeply ▁liter ate ▁joy ▁to ▁read . ▁Just ▁as ▁his ▁previous ▁non f iction ▁work , ▁Hum ili ation , ▁seemed ▁like ▁an ▁ap othe osis ▁of ▁new ▁literary ▁possibility ▁in ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁over share , ▁so ▁Ko esten baum ' s ▁new ▁book ▁re inv ig or ates ▁film ▁studies ." ' W rit ing ▁in ▁the ▁San ▁Francisco ▁Chron icle , ▁Sa ul ▁Aust er l itz ▁suggested ▁that ▁Ko esten baum ▁" sex ual izes ▁Har po ▁beyond ▁all ▁recognition , ▁creating ▁a ▁figure ▁about ▁whom ▁the ▁author ▁can ▁say , ▁in ▁all ▁serious ness , ▁that ▁' c our tes y ▁of ▁the ▁an us , ▁we ▁can ▁imagine , ▁Marx ist - style , ▁a ▁path ▁away ▁from ▁family ▁and ▁state .' " ▁ ▁Joe ▁Queen