Virginia Postrel: The Illusion of Living Without Illusions March 13, 2015 by Miles Kimball “One job of intellectuals is to puncture glamour by reminding us of what’s hidden. But intellectuals are by no means exempt from glamour’s effects. They simply have their own longings and hence their own versions of glamour, including in some cases the ideal of a life without meaningful illusions.” – Virginia Postrel, The Power of Glamour, p. 221