Schopenhauer's view of Hegel, my view of Lacan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_...r_versus_Hegel
As he points out, the success of these "thinkers" is down to their obscurantism (I haven't read any Hegel so can't give an opinion on him). The people who are honest enough to admit this realise the damage these sort of academics have done, and realise why people might consider the humanities as pretentious and pointless.