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October 22, 2008
On those 'Insatiable Delusions' and the insatiable nature of academic radicalism
Topics: Political News and commentariesDavid Thompson on the insatiable nature of academic radicalism.
By Professor Khalidi's calculus, we're all NeoCons now. Why? Because maintaining a self-image of heroic radicalism isn't as easy as it may seem, especially for a statusful professor, surrounded by likeminded peers in the one of the freest societies on Earth. The goal posts of persecution must always be moving and ever more rarefied forms of oppression have to be discovered, or invented. And the alternatives would be unthinkable. After all, what does a tenured radical do when the most obvious '"hegemony" in town is, in fact, his own?Continue reading: Insatiable Delusions.
Posted by Richard at October 22, 2008 7:21 AM
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