Re: Noam on intellectuals
On Feb 12, 2007, at 12:29 PM, bitch@pulpculture.org wrote:
question: what’s at stake here? why does anyone care what an
intellectual is? has someone claimed that we can’t get anywhere without them? has someone claimed we can’t get anywhere with them? why harm do they
do? what good do they do? are we supposed to want more or fewer
intellectuals? has someone claimed that anti-intellectualism is the problem? is there
general agreement or sharp disagreement over the notion that anti- intellectualism is good or bad thing for left social struggle?
For me, it’s an extension of the activistism piece
wrote. American political culture is deeply and often proudly dumb,
and it bothers me.
Doug