Q: I think my larger question is whether there’s a role for scholars outside of the academy?
A: The issue is earning a living. That’s the problem. There’s no movement anymore, there’s no material sustenance if you don’t have academia. But there are wonderful people who in my lifetime lived outside the academy and made great contributions. Paul Sweezy who left Harvard when he was an economist and became the editor of Monthly Review. Occasionally he taught an adjunct position but his entire life was really outside the academy. Yeah there was a place, now it’s just very difficult because what exactly are you going to do in order to sustain yourself unless you make good money writing. And there are people who can make good money writing but they’re pretty scarce nowadays. full: http://urbantimes.co/2014/01/norman-finkelstein-interview/ _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
