On the responsibility of intellectuals
U.S. · WORLD · POLITICS
October 28, 202311 min read2186 words
Published: October 28, 2023  |  11 min read2186 words
The 7 October attack by Hamas was morally barbarous and strategically futile. Nothing justifies the killing of innocents, not even the denial of a people’s nationhood for 75 years, the displacement of hundreds of thousands of them to make way for colonial settlers, or the killing...
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Oct 30
This is a long, thoughtful essay on - at its most essential - the advocacy of academic freedom and the independence of the intellectual class. Not at all a poor topic of choice, and certainly it is relevant in today's environment. Nevertheless, it has a bit too much navel-gazing for my taste. Good information, and rather eloquent writing, if you're the patient sort.
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