A couple of years after this essay appeared Jedediah Purdy published something of a response in The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/thoreau-r

A couple of years after this essay appeared Jedediah Purdy published something of a response in The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/thoreau-radical-seasons/ https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/thoreau-radical-se...