On 10/2/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In previous Pen-l postings I characterized Landes as part of the "cultural superiority" school (his early work on Egypt, and "Wealth and Poverty of Nations"), although Jim D. saw merit in "Unbound Prometheus".
THE UNBOUND PROMETHEUS and other early works likely allowed Landes to gain status (and maybe tenure). He then exploited his status to spew nonsense. -- Jim Devine / "it is all the more clear what we have to accomplish at present: I am referring to ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid of conflict with the powers that be." -- KM
