Or is it because reading literature (or culture) with someone who knows more than you do is a waste of time?
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Max Sawicky <sawicky at verizon.net> wrote:
> If I had my choice, like a Chinese dim sum menu, I would indulge my
> philistine prejudices and zero out lots in literary and cultural
> studies. I might abolish journalism departments too. I worked on a
> college daily newspaper, and a number of my mates went on to be
> big-time reporters. They never went near the J-school; they all
> majored in history or poli-sci.
>
>
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> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mar 11, 2010, at 3:46 PM, Max Sawicky wrote:
> >
> >> Like in economics.
> >
> > Is econ the worst of all the academic disciplines? I'm tempted to say
> yes,
> > but maybe I don't know the others well enough.
> >
> > Doug
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