If you haven’t read this yet, fix that as soon as possible: it’s a beautifully crafted response to a great album. And if you teach literature, you might want to consider using the second and third paragraphs as an example of how close reading works.
A must read! Not your dad’s barter myth essay! Goes so much deeper! Happy father’s day weekend!
It’s the people stupid.
There are no exogenous shocks - this terminology is an “ideological pathology”
Historians don’t just help prevent historical catastrophes from being repeated. They loosen the aura of inevitability and naturalism that surrounds everyday dysfunctions