The Frame Within Which We Engage With Modernity

Adam Sobel: I grew up in Heidelberg, which is an intellectual academic town that would browse the bookstores. The mode of British economics, French politics and German philosophy is a trite formula for making Marxists," he says. Sobel: It's basically the frame within which I understand comprehensive intellectual engagement with modernity. Insiders get lots of access and a chance to push their ideas, but insiders also understand one unbreakable rule - they don't criticize other insiders., writes Sobel.