People are being really careful to frame criticism of this event around declarations of respect for panelists. The star system that these people represent thrives on that hedging. What we need here is vulgar Marxism.
I partly agree, Amy. But it's true - I have had a vexed relationship with the circle around The Point for years, which includes my deep respect for some people associated with that magazine and my [redacted] for some of the voices they boost. It wouldn't be right to damn them all.
They did have bad coffee but please save some rage for their demented faux-fancy tea setup where they gave you a big pot with the leaves in and a TINY glass cup so there could never actually be any point when you could be drinking a normal-ass brew; it was always either understeeped or stewed 😡
I am against this framing about the “end” of univs very strongly and find it really enraging. Despite having respect for some of these people, whether you find that surprising or not!
In an attempt to be generous I'm wondering if some of these folks only knew the name of the panel they are speaking on and then overall event/poster detail was finalized later. Unlikely, but possible I suppose...
There are a few people on the program I really respect a lot, which makes the framing even more difficult to deal with. But I've long thought that statements about public intellectual life are only really good for analyzing the political and philosophical views beneath them.
i don’t know any of them (except emre who was kind to me the one time we talked) and don’t much care which events chicago chooses to spend its money on. clune selling out the entire university system to the fascists would suggest to me he’s unfit to weigh in on anything university related but 🤷🏾♂️
Non-academic here who’s honestly confused about what makes this so objectionable. If universities are “fighting for our lives,” wouldn’t that support the framing?
Disappointed to see this from Clune. I do like his take-downs of Guillorymania. Would like to see him debate Emre, no. 1 Gullory fangirl, on, resolved, the cultural capital model brought about the end of criticism.
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Conference titles ought not to be clickbait.
Now especially, suggesting what the title suggests is collaboration by title. Shameful ambition…
(*unless you are one of her students, for whom she all but vanished)
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