tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627150934643834052.post7613929822608592768..comments2022-06-25T09:56:53.786-06:00Comments on Taking Readings : A Review of A Thread of Years by John LukacsStephen N. Greenleafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360074903309197387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627150934643834052.post-29993738069698206122013-05-21T09:05:52.409-06:002013-05-21T09:05:52.409-06:00David,
Thanks very much for your comment.
Descr...David, <br />Thanks very much for your comment. <br /><br />Describing Lukacs as "an acquired taste" is perfect. "Quirky" and "different" could also serve as initial responses, but then you want to go back for more. Although it would gall him given his criticism of her, reading him reminds me of first reading Hannah Arendt--in some ways way over my head and totally resistant to placing in a familiar pigeon-hole. You also have an excellent point that no matter the topic, he brings a keen sense of history as a discipline to topic. I've gotten a great deal from his reflections on history as a discipline and practice. <br /><br /> Stephen N. Greenleafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360074903309197387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7627150934643834052.post-54699418700762291122013-05-21T07:48:34.395-06:002013-05-21T07:48:34.395-06:00John Lukacs is an acquired taste but one not likel...John Lukacs is an acquired taste but one not likely to be abandoned once acquired. Always liked notion that history is more about problems than facts. And the historian should be in the business of reducing the level of untruth -- DM David McMahonnoreply@blogger.com