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The Death of an Intellectual

I have but one thing to say about the late Susan Sontag: Nearly every obituary of the intellectual reminds us that “she often described herself as a ‘zealot of seriousness'”. That someone would, in all seriousness, put themselves forth as a ‘zealot of seriousness’ makes it bordering on impossible for me to take her seriously.

Nonetheless, may she rest in peace.

Published at 10:02 pm on Tuesday 18 January 2005. Categories: Arts & Culture.
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