Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 06:09:05 -0800 (PST) From: Maldoror <insektus-AT-yahoo.com> Subject: Re: the arrogance of academia (was zizek) > The man IS a professional, a "distinguished" academic. > but I do get rather irritated when served only > Zizekean supplements without any sorts of Zizekean > "originals" at issue with me is not whether or not the guy is a racist. at issue is the arrogance being shown by academia. what makes a person an academic? writing books? writing essays? being a professor in that grandiose place known as academia? a person's worth intellectual worth should not be measured by how many books they write that will sit on the shelves in the hallowed halls of academia collecting dust. it should be measured by the content (again, his stance on race is not what i'm getting at). is it better to write 'originials' as you call them (i take you to mean books, etc) rather than 'supplements' (newspapers)? again i find this preference for books over newspapers rather arrogant. it is the content that is important not whether or not it is in a bound volume or newsprint. at least in newsprint people will read it. how many people read books in this world as compared to newspapers? if you want to get an idea to the masses getting it in the newspaper will do it a lot faster than any book ever will. gr3g ===="ultimately the governors, the rulers, can only rule if they control opinion..." -noam chomsky __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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