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I don’t know. A lot of the discourse meant for social progress and revolution became gaurded at the highest echelons of the academic system and perverted to sui

I don’t know. A lot of the discourse meant for social progress and revolution became gaurded at the highest echelons of the academic system and perverted to suit the needs of the state apparatus. In my mind, the end of this practice means at least some hope of the work moving back to where it needs to go. On the other hand, our society today is highly educated and academic work is just a job. A huge swath of the population goes through school before entering the work force: how are you going to get to them? But, campus organizing has never gone away really, and perhaps it will make things especially difficult for administrators if they don’t have any professors to scapegoat.

nxobject 2y ago
The question is: how are you going to fund this type of thought, and find a funder that values dissemination and public engagement? Academics "pay their way" through teaching (even if it's second hand by training TAs that teach students.) Private philanthropy is often embedded in its own social context – when you have lots of money and you're interested in the social sciences, you're likely doing so not because you're engaged in the public. I think this type of work is necessary. It's sad that we have only a handful of people who've thought about society in ways that we can quote... e.g. Chomsky et al. But, sadly, we have to fund the people somehow at least...
- DiscourseFan 2y ago
  It will be funded, it will always be funded, just not in public education. Its impossible to root out critical consciousness entirely because that is a condition of possibility of capitalism. But like usual, it might stay in the halls of the wealthiest private institutions instead, where it will not be useful. The crisis will result in radical movement either way, even if its unsuccessful. Imagine 10,000 Luigi Mangiones working together; there are other places this knowledge is disseminated.

nxobject 2y ago

The question is: how are you going to fund this type of thought, and find a funder that values dissemination and public engagement? Academics "pay their way" through teaching (even if it's second hand by training TAs that teach students.) Private philanthropy is often embedded in its own social context – when you have lots of money and you're interested in the social sciences, you're likely doing so not because you're engaged in the public. I think this type of work is necessary. It's sad that we have only a handful of people who've thought about society in ways that we can quote... e.g. Chomsky et al. But, sadly, we have to fund the people somehow at least...

DiscourseFan 2y ago
It will be funded, it will always be funded, just not in public education. Its impossible to root out critical consciousness entirely because that is a condition of possibility of capitalism. But like usual, it might stay in the halls of the wealthiest private institutions instead, where it will not be useful. The crisis will result in radical movement either way, even if its unsuccessful. Imagine 10,000 Luigi Mangiones working together; there are other places this knowledge is disseminated.