I'd presumed that that's been the standard "critical" take for educated people since at least Foucault.
Perhaps that's part of the rot in the soul of higher education in the United States. The infection of universities with an ideology of – I'll call – "Vocationalism" and the people who are full-throated believers in such Capital-driven worldview. See: the steady denigration of the liberal arts.
Side-note: I think the capture of universities by Leftist professors [outside of technical disciplines] exposes a profound failure in American letters and American thought – conservative thinkers have lost power of relevancy in the intellectual class. Where is our Leo Strauss?
And I’m not an “evil Leftists” guy. I respect the value of their methods, if not their conclusions.
Pardon the largely off-topic tangent. Mostly writing for myself and to flesh out my own thoughts.
BMc2020|11 months ago
That education is just to teach us patience and punctuality for our upcoming factory jobs is hardly a new idea either.
daseiner1|11 months ago
Perhaps that's part of the rot in the soul of higher education in the United States. The infection of universities with an ideology of – I'll call – "Vocationalism" and the people who are full-throated believers in such Capital-driven worldview. See: the steady denigration of the liberal arts.
Side-note: I think the capture of universities by Leftist professors [outside of technical disciplines] exposes a profound failure in American letters and American thought – conservative thinkers have lost power of relevancy in the intellectual class. Where is our Leo Strauss?
And I’m not an “evil Leftists” guy. I respect the value of their methods, if not their conclusions.
Pardon the largely off-topic tangent. Mostly writing for myself and to flesh out my own thoughts.