"""A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women - Siri Hustvedt  Lara Feigel's piece in the FT examines how Hustvedt's latest collection of essays showcase the relationships between intellectual women as much as between men and women. She writes; """"Hustvedt met Sontag once and was flattered when the older writer remarked that her essay on Gatsby was one of the best she had read, because 'it was written from the inside, not from the outside.' This seems to be the strength of all Hustvedt's best writing. She is able to combine this personal perspective with erudite analysis and she is always open to uncertainty, which she sees, rightly, as a political stance. [...] 'Doubt is a virtue of intelligence,' claimed Simone Weil. Hustvedt agrees, adding that intelligent doubt doesn't swagger. 'Military parades do not march to tunes of doubt. Politicians risk mockery if they admit to it. In totalitarian regimes people have been murdered for expressing doubt.' Now, as the complex warnings of experts are decried and swaggering lies broadcast on the news, this kind of uncertainty matters more than ever and it is best expressed through writing that begins with the contradictions of individual experience. We are fortunate to have Hustvedt voicing doubt so intelligently."""" Sign up to the FT and read the full review here: http://on.ft.com/2fNsyvU"""
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