tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065912001974018573.post4638254982873018704..comments2008-05-01T13:17:05.789+01:00Julie Delvauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14085432718492381139noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065912001974018573.post-32582757356510821782008-05-01T13:17:00.000+01:002008-05-01T13:17:00.000+01:00

As a person who spent seven years in the academia, both as a student and researcher, I can say that the problem is not just about "finding solutions". I specialised in what is best described as Renaissance History (focusing on Tudor History). Obviously, there's no "real world problem" about it any longer, but I probably don't need to tell you about the small talk that originates around the very

Julie Delvauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14085432718492381139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065912001974018573.post-32543774042882101142008-03-26T09:45:00.000Z2008-03-26T09:45:00.000Z

I could not agree more. Within academia people holding PhDs (and it has that glaring word there called Philosophy) aggressively suppress any attempts at philosophy in the academy. It is all about "finding solutions" to "real world problems". With the Kafkaesque research funding from the various bodies, such an outlook becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. The argument being, "our line of thinking

Kishore Budha / किशोर बुधाhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12859438423750651427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065912001974018573.post-932653060468989672008-03-25T22:30:00.000Z2008-03-25T22:30:00.000Z

Kishore, thanks a lot for your comment. I cannot agree more when Paul (Dr Taylor) said in his introduction that in the case of Zizek one is up for enjoying the power of pure thought. I kept pondering on this, and I think Zizek, with his "withdrawal" from action, is a kind of modern Socrates. Let's admit, Socrates was criticised beyond measure, but without him there'd be no Plato, then Aristotle,

Julie Delvauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14085432718492381139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065912001974018573.post-1885970977765919992008-03-25T10:30:00.000Z2008-03-25T10:30:00.000Z

Thanks for a detailed and insightful review. It was always a risky proposition getting Zizek. On one hand you have people who engage with his ideas and on the other those who dismiss him. It was always difficult to ascertain who we were targetting.

Kishore Budha / किशोर बुधाhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12859438423750651427noreply@blogger.com