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Rousseau, Dickens, Lord of the Rings: Yes, Author and Work Can Be Separated

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In retrospect, it is often noticeable that important humanist texts have been written by quite problematic types. Should we not read them any more? No, our author finds, because we decide what we make of what we write One of the most lovable and essential features of human thought is the paradox. The sociological philosophy has already proclaimed the "death of the subject" decades ago. Nevertheless, there has never been so much talk of subjects …
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In retrospect, it is often noticeable that important humanist texts have been written by quite problematic types. Should we not read them any more? No, our author finds, because we decide what we make of what we write One of the most lovable and essential features of human thought is the paradox. The sociological philosophy has already proclaimed the "death of the subject" decades ago. Nevertheless, there has never been so much talk of subjects …

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freitag.de broke the news on Friday, April 17, 2026.
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