Subject: Re: Beaver Coats Cloaking Section Men on the Web
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 20 2001 - 23:03:21 GMT
OH...I see. I'd have to agree that academics aren't as big in the world
of ideas as they once were (so far as ideas current in mass culture
goes) -- so I see why you're more concerned with the type of section men
that aren't academics than the section men that are...
I think mass culture is a bit of an embarassment to American academia,
though, isn't it? I don't know if this is a sour grapes thing or not --
current ideas are too inaccessible to mass culture to really be all that
much of an influence, with a few notable exceptions -- so it's easier to
despise mass culture when you know you'll never be able to compete the
the Jerry Springers of the world...
Jim
Will Hochman wrote:
>
> Jim, you make a good distinction...yes, there certainly are section
> men and teachers who destroy literature just to build a bit of ego
> mass for themselves...and you are right to see their new generations
> hiding out as snobby theory wonks. I guess I'm thinking that
> academics are not as central in the world of ideas as they once
> were...in fact, sometimes I feel as though we've stopped "minding the
> store" and anyone with some media savvy can come in and either use or
> avoid the cash register (credits/degree) and still take what they
> want. Most scholars are saps when it comes to media savvy. While the
> web deeply affects academe, many of the gray beards are still arguing
> about it as if computers will go away if they come up with the right
> argument. So I return to my point--the section men of today want to
> seize "idea turf" and publish it on the web. will
> --
> Will Hochman
>
> Assistant Professor of English
> Southern Connecticut State University
> 501 Crescent St, New Haven, CT 06515
> 203 392 5024
>
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>
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