Christopher D Today is the 50th anniversary of the CP Snow's "Two Cultures" lecture. The Guardian has a piece on how bad things have gotten. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/07/cp-snow
Chris I read this and I usually take issue with the historicism paradigm-the paradigm that gives the impression that things were better off 50 years ago. I am not saying that "presentism" is a better upgrade.I am not sure that people are interested in dialectics today,critical thinking skills and being enlightened,and spending time reading books.There was a time when Psychology majors would join the Psychology club and extend discussions.There was a time when in additionto a text book pros would also have paperbacks as part of the course.But who is doing this these days. Interestingly enough,I think that this recession period could be a period to re-examine values.I have this idea that this could be a period for a resurgence of monasticism-a humanistic monasticism and return ironically to the good old simple and intellectual days. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
