Acid Stomachs and Breines' Bromides

Breines' politically acid stomach, the inspiration, he states, for his “short and sour” attack unfortunately did not confine itself to his digestive tract but appears to have entered directly into his brain and corroded his thought processes. Beyond the personal vituperation, what is most remarkable about Breines' broadside is its failure to address any of the questions raised, in rather different ways (though Breines lumps us together) by Lasch and myself. Breines' vendetta apparently has as its aim excising from debate thinkers such as Lasch, myself, or anyone else now rethinking the fondly held shibboleths and challenging the dogmas by which, in Hegel's words, “thought pacifies itself.”

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