The Moment of "Scrutiny" keyword-jonathan-shay ” “efficiency

” “efficiency

This updated edition of the classic text includes a new introduction by Ian Hacking

‘Stimulatingly uncovers the contradictions of an ideology that is much too self-righteously invoked’

Richard Rorty

The Moment of "Scrutiny" keyword-jonathan-shay ” “efficiencyFew thinkers have had more impact on English speaking culture in the twentieth century than the late F. R. Leavis (1895 1978). Paradoxically, his literary critical studies and the cultural ideas associated with them have become pervasive influences, whilst losing none of their power of provocation. Yet amidst the extremes of admiration and hostility that his name attractsin academic circles and beyond, on Left and Right alikelittle serious attention