tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125128490848394328.post7805425658878721327..comments2023-12-25T07:21:40.209+09:00Comments on The Seoul Patch: This Week in Korean EducationTuttlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06492955225793619768noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125128490848394328.post-65683704099614790372011-11-10T12:49:43.690+09:002011-11-10T12:49:43.690+09:00My experience in an American political science gra...My experience in an American political science graduate program reinforced my belief that social science academics are far too politically conservative. And I mean "conservative" in the modern-day sense: dismissive of or friendly to institutions of illegitimate power, such as the military, large financial groups, imperious overseas regimes, etc.* <br /><br />You could draw a parallel with the mainstream media. The media represent establishment-protecting views. They fight for elite power. They reinforce a narrative about the political culture that shifts the debate away from real issues but gives the impression of fostering a "debate." This is very much what American university professors do.<br /><br />And here's the kicker: as with professors, the media get labeled as too liberal! Brilliant hoax!<br /><br />(*Ironically, Enlightenment conservatives [Rousseau, Humboldt, Mills, etc.], later called classical liberals, were fiercely opposed to agencies of coercion -- which at the time happened to be only the State. If alive today, these thinkers would be equally, if not more, horrified by corporate power.)<br /><br />At least that's what I was taught by my professors.Tanner Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735991048833323399noreply@blogger.com