tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685548281248485447.post1000937305211405272..comments2016-02-05T17:16:56.239-03:30Comments on Occupy Newfoundland and Labrador: Chomsky and the American Spring/Pitching a Tent for ChomskyJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07415555531504843017noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685548281248485447.post-84861419321795207202012-04-11T12:45:06.731-02:302012-04-11T12:45:06.731-02:30For some reason it seems like academics [i]think[/...For some reason it seems like academics [i]think[/i] they should be neutral and somehow lacking in bias. I think this might be rooted in the belief that science is somehow free of bias and an attempt by other disciplines to be more scientific for the sake of 'legitimacy'.<br /><br />...Personally, I don't think it's possible. I also don't think it's desirable.Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07849417493702082646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685548281248485447.post-71455683073059293342012-04-10T22:19:47.153-02:302012-04-10T22:19:47.153-02:30@cynical human,
No BS you speak. They've only...@cynical human,<br /><br />No BS you speak. They've only been talking about it for like thirty years: postmodernism (the failure of imagination and action).<br /><br />Seriously though, the academy has a lot to answer for...roland bartheshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Barthesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685548281248485447.post-19192512474185910162012-04-10T21:30:38.294-02:302012-04-10T21:30:38.294-02:30More academics need to be as openly supportive of ...More academics need to be as openly supportive of the Occupy movement. What are they waiting for?? Especially profs who are supposedly content experts on anti-oppression and get their students to read Foucault on the nature of power...cynical humannoreply@blogger.com