One lifelong academic priority of mine has been to mock #Humanities scholars who exaggerate the political importance of their chosen fields. They're often Bourdieu fans.
Fascist regimes enable successful fascist scholars in our obscure disciplines. Not the other way around. We are the tail, not the dog.
#academia
Martin Rundkvist
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