What he's trying to say is that, actually, the university is already a church, just a very stupid one. Deresiewicz would like to create a secular church but that's not possible with where we've gotten to as a society. So, sure, create a humanities church but it's not going to happen within the confines of the university-as-it-is.
The Agamben photo makes me laugh. Did they just wait for a warship to come by before snapping it?
That's just how GA rolls - warship in tow
Malcolm Gladwell is more annoying than Ezra Klein.
Toss-up.
I don't quite get your point with the Dersiewicz piece. You're saying universities have already become a church just not a good kind of church? Thx!
What he's trying to say is that, actually, the university is already a church, just a very stupid one. Deresiewicz would like to create a secular church but that's not possible with where we've gotten to as a society. So, sure, create a humanities church but it's not going to happen within the confines of the university-as-it-is.