Posted by Nadezda on September 21, 2008, at 22:18:41
In reply to Re: Naomi Klein » Nadezda, posted by Sigismund on September 21, 2008, at 21:15:05
Although actually, it was Naomi Wolf, not Naomi Klein, who accused Harold Bloom of sexual harassment.
Really, these people should have different names-- it's utterly inconvenient of them to be so easily confused.
Naomi Klein is a Canadian journalist of a rather left wing persuasion, I guess, who lately wrote "The Shock Doctrine" which I think diagnoses "disaster capitalism" which is the result of the application of the economic principles of Milton Freedman, et al-- and here I reach the far edge of my knowledge.
Naomi Wolf is the American feminist one of whose claims to fame is having advised Al Gore to wear a certain type of jacket-- or something of that sort-- to give a more manly appearance--also, or something of that sort. She also wrote some other books, of espousing a feminist social theory, the content of which escapes me but one of them might be about sexuality and feminism.
Harold Bloom is a noted English professor at Yale, very eccentric and known mainly for his theory about poetic misreading (or misprision) and given to grand passions (about literature) and minor passions for various female students.
Camille Paglia is another English professor and frequent social commentator of a rather dissenting bent, somewhat right-wing, but mostly liking to point out political correctness and other of what she thinks to be absurdities.
(I apologize if any of this hurts anyone's feelings. I don't mean to. I don't think I've said anything critical, and don't mean anything to be negative, only descriptive. So I hope this is not a problem.)
Nadezda
poster:Nadezda
thread:853157
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20080728/msgs/853341.html