Our friends at Sadly, No!, snarkmeisters extraordinaire, have announced David Horowitz Awareness Week. It's only fitting then that we visit one of his triumphs, the display of his mastery of all knowledge in The Professors.
Witness, for example, his withering critique of Richard Rorty, which comes in the section devoted to one of the most dangerous of all Professors of Dangeral Studies, the nefarious Michael Bérubé his own self. (MB's archives on Horowitz are must reads):
As Professor Berube [sic; I guess Regnery wouldn't spring for those little accent thingies] himself acknowledges, his literature classes often have little to do with literature. For instance, a class that he has taught for years, "Postmodernism and American Fiction," is merely a forum for the professor to dilate on the "anti-foundationalist philosophy" of radical philosopher Richard Rorty, a philosophy which among other things leads to moral relativism.
As we used to say in my old neighborhood, I would pay "cash money" to hear Horowitz dilate a bit more on Rorty. For instance, what are these "other things" to which Rorty's philosophy leads? They must truly be unspeakable.
This is just a sample of Horowitz's mastery of all knowledge. The ability to dismiss a philosopher of Rorty's caliber in only a sentence is a rare talent indeed. Only a precious few would even attempt such a feat.
In the next few days, we'll follow the trail of Horowitz's mastery of all knowledge, as he delivers critiques of a similar caliber to professors of law, anthropology, history, political science, literature, philosophy, and many other fields that lesser mortals have spent their careers upon. David Horowitz truly is The Master of All Knowledge (or TMOAK, for fans of acronyms).
ahh, can't wait
Posted by: Evgeni V. Pavlov | October 02, 2007 at 12:14 AM
The scare quotes on "anti-foundationalist philosophy" are delicious. Maybe Sellars and Quine are dangeral too?
Posted by: Dave M | October 02, 2007 at 11:16 AM