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Originally Posted by pbradley
I can see how the latter is presumed in the former but then I can hardly see how the latter is interesting or significant in any attempt to understanding the cause of these cutbacks.
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it is significant if your aim is not to simply "understand" the cutbacks (is it really that hard?), but to alter, prevent, or diminish the cutbacks.
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Your historical perspective undercuts all this re-invention talk.
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how? explain. because i see the humanities reinventing themselves with the times. instead of declaring "undercuts!" do explain -- how?
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It would be so convenient yet pointless if the humanities were something other than the humanities.
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everything changes, including the humanities, parmenides. i'm of the heraclitean persuasion-- stay still & perish like a dog.
speaking of which, this business office i need to visit closes at 5 so i gotta go but i will read your predictably cranky answer at a later time.