> In other words, it seems to be that a career in Cultural Studies is sort
of
> like a nursery school, where one can indulge in play to one's heart's
> content, without having to worry about consequences or responsibilities
> because there _aren't_ any. That's fine-- good work if you can get it. I
> won't have much respect for it, and a career like that indicates that one
> really shouldn't take a role that _does_ have consequences and
> responsibilities. (Including parenthood, perhaps.)
This is really over the top. People who go into literary theory are intellectuals. In my experience, most intellectuals have no great desire to leave a job that pays them to think. Further, most intellectuals seem to disdain the sort gland-handing required to be a good politician (an aversion I suspect is shared by many doctors and engineers, and probably some lawyers too--better be shared by some lawyers, or I'll be in trouble).
-- Luke