Comments on: The Pseudo-Intellectual in American Politics

By: Iddo

Iddo — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:24:00 +0000

Dear Jim,

I am no fan of Ryan, very far from it. I was scared as hell to think that he would become the VP and realize his tea-party agenda, and I am not even an American citizen. But I think that parts of your post here are outrageous. Ryan’s problem is not that he is an autodidact. The academe is not the only place where people construct a well organized, well thought out, world-view.

This valorization of the professional career-intellectual is not an intellectual argument, it is a way to draw boundaries around those of us who are “allowed” to have a worldview, and those who aren’t. The sneer at “the half educated man” is, I think, reprehensible.The worst dictators had some of the best-trained academics by their side, just think of Schmidt and Heidegger. You say that the La Rouchies didn’t know how to make friends and influence people, but if academics attempt to construct a monopoly over the construction of world-views, you are not too far behind.

The best,

Iddo

By: Christopher London, Esq.

Christopher London, Esq. — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:58:00 +0000

Apologies for my passion but this is a great post and one I have cross linked to make a point. Thank you for this writing.

By: Christopher London, Esq.

Christopher London, Esq. — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:52:00 +0000

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