Thursday, June 02, 2005
(10:37 AM) | Brad:
Ten Most Harmful
How many of the "Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Century have you read?So, by virtue of reading many of these, are we supposed to feel endangered or harmed -- or, perhaps the criteria for judgment is simply historical assessment of how the texts have been used. (Though, really, that's a bit hard to square with the selection of John Dewey.) By virtue of liking many of these, then, are we supposed to feel depraved?