tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29566846.post3242643510390874440..comments2023-11-05T01:45:58.784-07:00Comments on The Hesperado: West and the WestHesperadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394374828751466705noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29566846.post-44075779716766433152009-08-22T13:00:10.561-07:002009-08-22T13:00:10.561-07:00I was surprised to find her look into the 50s brin...I was surprised to find her look into the 50s bringing out the blame there. I lived under the illusion that my parents' generation, 50's boomer-parents, were air-head conformists and McCarthyites. Not so, shows West. <br /><br />But leaving that aside, I was very interested in her take on dhimmiutude, which makes her book a rel winner for me. Highly recommended.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29566846.post-57918790410878568182009-08-19T21:37:19.534-07:002009-08-19T21:37:19.534-07:00I haven't read her book yet, but I've alwa...I haven't read her book yet, but I've always suspected that the 60s deformation didn't pop out of nowhere, but must have grown out of some pathologies in the 50s.Hesperadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394374828751466705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29566846.post-70551150204016303992009-08-19T00:24:51.772-07:002009-08-19T00:24:51.772-07:00One of the most painful incidents of my life was l...One of the most painful incidents of my life was listening to a pod-cast of Pamela Geller interviewing Diana West. <br /><br />West's The Death of the Grown-Up is interesting to me all the moreso in that I assumed that my parents' generation of the the 50s was one of stolid conformity to middle-class values made up on the occasion for the sake of stifling all further Human creativity. West says no, that my generation were spoiled by our parent and pampered. It's just one more reason to dismiss the 50s generation as worthless. <br /><br />Kidding aside, West's book is highly worth the while, sayeth me.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.com