A Cold And Stormy Night

Indeed it was.

Having finished Transforming the Republic of Letters last Friday, I prepare to write my review. One thing I can say: the book really has the wrong title. It should have been “Transformation of the Republic of Letters”–particularly because the primary agent through which the author presents the historic transformation, Pierre-Daniel Huet, opposed the changes. Rather than “transforming” the social network, he disliked the transformation occurring around him and eventually emerges as a sympathetic, but reactionary figure.

~ by Matt on February 10, 2008.