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                                             May 30 - June 12, 2011

   ALL_THINGS_SHINING

I first learned of this work of
anti-philosophy from some amusing
vitriol by Gary Willis in "the New         [ref]
York Review of Books".

Gary Willis snipes at the the many
Highly Intellectual reviewers who
praised this book.

  But you don't have to look
  very hard to find reviewers
  with reservations, such as
  this one by Susan Neiman,          Susan Neiman, "What It All Means"
  in the New York Times:             January 20, 2011, New York Times
                                     [ref]

    "... Dreyfus and Kelly repeatedly turn
    to mass sports events, which they see
    as providing a primary sense of
    community and meaning in contemporary
    America.  They allow that others may
    have felt the same thing during Martin
    Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech
    on the Mall. If this isn't a category
    mistake, it's something worse, for it
    has the effect of draining that speech
    of its content -- surely a part of
    meaning itself."

    "Barack Obama's victory speech in Grant
    Park in 2008 wasn't just a 'whooshing'
    (as they describe such moments) or a
    rush of community feeling. It was about
    something -- a resurgence of democracy,
    a victory against racism, a rebirth of
    American dreams -- as well as the sense
    that it was something that millions not
    only cheered on, but had a hand in
    bringing about. None of these things
    stand behind the exuberance you may
    feel when your team wins."




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