Posted on 01/05/2020 6:39:20 AM PST by Kaslin
In his City Journal tribute to Gertrude Himmelfarb — who recently died at age 97 — Myron Magnet called her "our foremost historian of ideas and one of the nation's greatest historians of any stamp." He also paid tribute to Himmelfarb as a scholar of highest distinction in an era of "wide-ranging social, political, cultural and ethical" erudition. She is considered by many to be among the most influential intellectuals of her time — including Lionel Trilling, Daniel Bell, Roger Shattuck, Jacques Barzun, Irving Kristol, Philip Rieff, and others. In addition to her "brilliant and eminent" career, Daniel Bell, a friend who knew them well, remarked that the Kristols' marriage was "the happiest of their generation." Himmelfarb and her husband, Irving Kristol, were known for their "long and intense disputes," their "intellectual jousting matches," and brilliant repartee as they discussed issues. Adam Keiper's brilliant essay described the Kristols as having enjoyed "a long and fruitful partnership. She advised him on his magazines and other projects, he helped her edit and think through her many books." Keiper reported that Irving once wrote that he and Bea were "intellectually twinned" in that they pursued "different subjects while thinking the same thoughts and reaching the same conclusions."
How sad that women of the ilk of Gertrude Himmelfarb weren't media icons and held up as role models for young women. Known simply as Bea Kristol among her friends, she was, according to David Brooks's wonderful essay in The Atlantic, an amazingly warm and vibrant personality who "listened more than she spoke." She represented the best of both worlds by balancing her outstanding professional career with her fulfilling and meaningful personal life.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Did she seek and speak the truth is the question with which to measure her greatness.
Adios, you old commie hag.
According to Wikipedia:
She was a leader of conservative interpretations of history and historiography.
She was one of the original neo-cons who had communist roots.
Instead of writing books perhaps she should have raised little Billy to not be an underhanded brat who held his breath and turned blue every time he didn’t get what he wanted.
Wikipedia? You need better sources...or did you forget the /s?
Well I certainly abhor her son/ 8>)
On certain topics Wikipedia can be a useful source, but always taken with a grain of salt nonetheless. 8>)
I have to say, while averse to the son there was nothing of her’s that I read that I did not like. I can’t say that about Irving.
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