David Kirby, in today's Chicago Tribune book section, reviewed this book, and made a point of philosophical comparison between the U.S. and France:
"As opposed to the world of John Locke, so beloved of Thomas Jefferson and other members of America's founding generation, this is the world of Henri Rousseau; the American model proposes freedom from the state, and the French one proposes freedom through the state."
Give me "freedom from".
"Freedom through" sounds dumb.
Thanks for quoting me, John. Of course, the Rousseau reference is to Jean-Jacques Rousseau the philosopher, not Henri Rousseau the painter (apparently someone at the newspaper inserted the wrong first name).
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David
Oh my god. I didn't even notice the "Henri"!
ReplyDeleteBut I enjoyed your review very much!