Stephen Greenblatt

Adam, Eve, Art – Neither Belief Nor Unbelief: Prasanta Chakravarty

Guest post by PRASANTA CHAKRAVARTY Stephen Greenblatt has struck upon a sheer and stupendous idea: to retell the tale of the first couple of the Christian world, Adam and Eve. The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve is a sweeping work with a remarkably ranging scholarship, galloping through centuries in minutes. The tone and … Continue reading Adam, Eve, Art – Neither Belief Nor Unbelief: Prasanta Chakravarty

An American neo-Orientalist in Tehran

 Image: scholar Stephen Greenblatt  (Courtesy PRESS TV)

 

The scholar who seemed so politically naïve, never expressed a political word and persistently presented himself as an agreeably smiling man with intellectual resources suddenly proved to a be a covert pro-Zionist who may even garner a medal of honor from Mr. Netanyahu, Dr. Ismail Salami writes of Harvard scholar Stephen Greenblatt