Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?
by Zia ~ October 6th, 2004. Filed under: Newsy.Interesting book review at spiked online. I was struck by the assertion that nothing is valued for itself, and is instead valued for what it leads to, whether education, knowledge, or art–something I’ve been saying for years. The result, according to Feludi, are institutions that are more concerned with making people feel good about themselves and/or their relationships with others and less concerned with the quality of art or education. Which, of course, seeps, into every cultural aspect of life, dumbing institutions down.