Three typos I noticed reading Hitch 22. On page 265, the pornographer known for his "Buttman" productions is referred to as "John Staglione", but his last name is "Stagliano". The reference arises via Hitch's fondness for bathroom humor with encouragement from Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie and is questionable, but no mistake. Switching vulgar nouns in popular song and movies titles, lead them to such things as "What's New Bullshitcat?", "Octobullshit" and "Hysterical Sex Potion Number Nine".
On page 338, William Morris's book about the English peasants revolt of 1381 "A Dream of John Ball" is called "The Dream of John Ball". Hitch making reference to a notion that sometimes you may lose a battle in life, only to win later in a way you did not expect. An interesting notion that at times may be true, but not always, again though, the notion expressed is not a mistake.
Also on page 338, Hitch mentions a quote of Hegel as "the cunning of history", by which he really meant Hegel's statement "the cunning of reason" in the context of history. Hegel's thought is that reason is supreme and while throughout history, people act in accordance with their desires, ultimately reason has its way over desire. Hegel may also have thought that reason was in accordance with divinity representing freedom, while acting in accordance to desire is more akin to deterministic slavery. Nonetheless, Hitch would refrain from any indulgence in whether reason is truly divine perhaps and brings the whole idea up in order to distinguish his acknowledgment of being susceptible to self-persuasion regarding what he would rather be true.
You could disagree with many of the thoughts, opinions and expressions throughout Hitch 22. Or agree.
On page 338, William Morris's book about the English peasants revolt of 1381 "A Dream of John Ball" is called "The Dream of John Ball". Hitch making reference to a notion that sometimes you may lose a battle in life, only to win later in a way you did not expect. An interesting notion that at times may be true, but not always, again though, the notion expressed is not a mistake.
Also on page 338, Hitch mentions a quote of Hegel as "the cunning of history", by which he really meant Hegel's statement "the cunning of reason" in the context of history. Hegel's thought is that reason is supreme and while throughout history, people act in accordance with their desires, ultimately reason has its way over desire. Hegel may also have thought that reason was in accordance with divinity representing freedom, while acting in accordance to desire is more akin to deterministic slavery. Nonetheless, Hitch would refrain from any indulgence in whether reason is truly divine perhaps and brings the whole idea up in order to distinguish his acknowledgment of being susceptible to self-persuasion regarding what he would rather be true.
You could disagree with many of the thoughts, opinions and expressions throughout Hitch 22. Or agree.
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