yeh. born in ireland. educated at trinity dublin. irish: not saying that like many of his contemporaries or indeed many of his compatriots down to the present day he didn't give his loyalty to england - but irish nonetheless.
That only works if you reduce intellectuals and knowledge down to what each nations ruling elite and it's supporting institutions consider as intellectuality. It entirely obliterates things like the multi-million multi-racial atlantic proletariat - a group that inherently had to look outside for it's own ideas given that this was the basis for its existence.
Btw, LBJ, I would connect the dismissivness and arrogance of the British/American anti-intellectualism to post- (in the case of UK [but not only UK]) or outright "imperial syndrome" (US), too... No need to make an effort, since we were/are "superior" "naturally"...
Mind, Germans, Swedes etc. have such streaks, too... aplenty! Unlike many other, especially smaller nations, with the opposite "mindset". (This does not stop the Luxembourgish and Montenegrins to have a superiority complex, mind...
Certainly. As I've stressed in past posts on this thread, any anti-intellectual strand within any culture is going to be contested. Anti-intellectualism exists alongside and competes with very different strands. So I'm not intending to obliterate anything.
All the signs are its going to get worse...whats happening with universities is really depressing...Im trying to find the link that I think brogdale posted elsewhere about how data is being gathered as to which courses create what future pay (on average), info which will then be made public so as to further disencourage the take up of courses that don't equate to a big pay packet (and the possibility to pay off student debt)
did you do land economy?Oh, dear - IF this is true, which is rather questionable, from my time at British Unis - now we have to legislate by political affiliation, to manage to get more Tories "in", no matter how crass?!??
tbh i think a better load of data is WHO went to WHICH school, studied WHAT subject at WHICH university and how they then did. someone from a public school studying economics or law at e.g. the lse is likely to subsequently receive a higher salary than someone who went to a comprehensive and studied the same subjects, law or economics, at e.g. london met or the grimsby institute.
This sort of stuff definitely feeds into British elite anti-intellectualism. It's not what you say or do but how you say or do it that counts. You can have not a single idea in your head, but if you've learned the intricate social codes of the elite, you will be accepted in their circles. And that it takes a lifetime to learn such codes is the whole point of them. Such a stress on form over content is bound to be anti-intellectual at its root.
out of curiosity, have you been accepted into their circles or is this ^ post simply a tissue of assumptions? perhaps in this instance by 'elite' you mean ruling class? perhaps not... but there is not one elite in britain, there are a number of elites, in the sociological sense. and in at least some of them having ideas in one's head is a definite advantage.
Errm...
I always love how this 'knowing which fork to use' business actually relies wholly on a working class person knowing how to correctly set the table, at least for dinners eaten in public.
educating you would be one of those tasks given to people in greek mythology, along the lines of the punishment of sisyphus.
to paraphrase nietzsche, wisdom sets bounds even to tuition: there are some people i do not wish to teach. you are one because you show no signs of a desire for learning. when i see your posts i am reminded how true einstein's comment was, that the difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
good. fuck off now.
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Ironic given how many of them are graduates in the Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences.Was here ska invita
Continuing and widening the attack on the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences with their philistine, market-based imposition; it's almost as though they don't want people to graduate with any critical capabilities.
well thats it, there will still be a smaller group of people studying these subjects, but these will be people who can afford the fees and have a cushion out the other side.
yeh. but you forget how much of politics is irrational.
