Saturday, March 10, 2018
Almost definitive
This article in Chronicle of Higher Ed makes the FINAL CONCLUSIVE DEFINITIVE argument against the so-called "humanities" in college. Author Justin Stover raises (almost) ALL the usual defenses of "liberal arts" and demolishes them completely. He starts with medieval scholars writing thousands of unread dissertations on Aristotle, and finishes with Critical Queer Theory. For 1000 years the "humanities" have served NO purpose except maintaining their own budget and workforce. The commenters under the article, though unusually polite by "liberal" standards, prove his point magnificently.
Perhaps because Stover is British, or perhaps because he is himself a "humanities" insider, he misses one of the most disgusting arguments FOR the "humanities". American Catholics and Repooflicans have the SUICIDAL habit of demanding a Classical Education for everyone, starting in kindergarten. Even while they accurately bemoan the grotesque toxins emitted at the end of the "humanities" assembly line, they demand that elementary schools must continue dropping kids onto the start of the assembly line. I can't begin to understand why they want to feed the beast that is OBLITERATING CIVILIZATION.
IT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL.
Labels: Experiential education
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