Stanley Fish actually had a good blog post the other day. Go figure.
Usually I disagree with him, but his analysis was very good. Covers an aspect of neoliberalism that I don’t often complain about, although I’m quite good at complaining about neoliberalism.
Just like the neoconservatives, the neoliberals see things in two-dimensional, flat, uncreative, unimaginative, over-simplistic, anti-materialist and naive terms.
But I don’t have the time right now to tell you how I really feel about them.
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2 responses to “Another Aspect of Neoliberal”
Steve,
I saw this op-ed too. It seems the NY Times is finally picking up on some of the things that are ripping higher education apart. Did you see the recent article on the lack of tenure-track jobs in the humanities? I like the bit about how if Ph.D.'s don't get a job out of grad school, they're abandoned, as if it's their fault. I've seen a bit of this myself. Worth the read: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/07/arts/07grad.html?_r=1&ref=education
Digging the blog… keep up the good work.
-David
Yes I did see that, there’s a wonderful (if by wonderful you mean terrifying) series of interviews with recent Ph.D.s on you tube.
here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MarcBousquet