On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Pranesh Prakash
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm just wondering about this 'Waldenification' of sorts. It would seem
> that continued engagement with the body politic cannot be sustained
> alongside hermitic, disconnected life. And what of the responsibility
> of intellectuals (regardless of the class they belong to) to engage in
> public debates? To inform themselves, to analyse, and to speak out in
> turn? Aren't there any benefits to be found in anti-hermitism?
Surely being unplugged does not preclude being informed of and
participating in _local_ politics and civil society?
Thaths
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