That Obscure Object of Discipline (was lingua franca on "stars" in academia)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jan 25 21:04:07 PST 1999


d-m-c at worldnet.att.net wrote:


>And Dougster Baby these numbers what do they *mean* ferpity'sake?

Well that's what I was asking you. You're the sociologist; I'm just a journalist.


>Aren't those numbers pretty stable?

Yes.


>And doesn't the ideology of meritocratic individualism have much to do with
>this attitude: If I don't like my job it's my fault, so the best answer to
>give is that I like my job, otherwise sumpins wrong with me.

Please say more....

Doug



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