10 June 2009
owen's interview and philosophy: a mild rant
Read Owen's interview with Ready Steady Book. It's very good, and he really does give some splendid answers to some clever questions.
In other news, I have decided that Continental Philosophy in Britain, both in its turgid, nepotistic, insanely conservative academic form and its concomitant fan-boy-looking-for-a-new-master-oh-boo-hoo-now-it's-too-popular-I-don't-like-this-band-any-more forms are to be derided, dismissed and disregarded. Henceforth, whilst I will keep my job for however long I can, if anyone wants to offer me part-time work in a theory capacity in any department whatsoever I will seriously consider it (ha! I mean, I'll keep an eye out for ads).
I am (or was) deeply committed to philosophy for lots of reasons - I think complex ideas can and should be clearly explained both to students and to whoever is interested beyond the walls of academia; I think there should be more women in philosophy which is a cock-fest of hideous, socially maladjusted proportions; finally, I'm really, really good at teaching Hegel, Kant and any other European philosopher you could care to mention. Nevertheless: Enough is enough. I am tired of conservatism masquerading as 'serious' intellectual research, I am tired of sexism, especially the ironic kind, and I am sick of hanging around boys and men who think that philosophy is some sort of ego-supplement. You lack wit! All of you!
In other news, I have decided that Continental Philosophy in Britain, both in its turgid, nepotistic, insanely conservative academic form and its concomitant fan-boy-looking-for-a-new-master-oh-boo-hoo-now-it's-too-popular-I-don't-like-this-band-any-more forms are to be derided, dismissed and disregarded. Henceforth, whilst I will keep my job for however long I can, if anyone wants to offer me part-time work in a theory capacity in any department whatsoever I will seriously consider it (ha! I mean, I'll keep an eye out for ads).
I am (or was) deeply committed to philosophy for lots of reasons - I think complex ideas can and should be clearly explained both to students and to whoever is interested beyond the walls of academia; I think there should be more women in philosophy which is a cock-fest of hideous, socially maladjusted proportions; finally, I'm really, really good at teaching Hegel, Kant and any other European philosopher you could care to mention. Nevertheless: Enough is enough. I am tired of conservatism masquerading as 'serious' intellectual research, I am tired of sexism, especially the ironic kind, and I am sick of hanging around boys and men who think that philosophy is some sort of ego-supplement. You lack wit! All of you!
