Self-reflective study: the rise of ‘mesearch’

This is what the death of humanities and social sciences looks like. The descent into a vortex of feminised bourgeois solipsism. The middle classes talking about themselves. The recent exposure of Foucault as a sniggering neoliberal apologist says it all. Not with a bang but a whimper.

This article was written beautifully, yet that is part of the sorrow. The subject matter didn't seem worthy of such a clear, detailed exposition. I am inclined to agree with Incubus. Carl Jung's words come to mind, paraphrased: The modern fell off the roof of the medieval cathedral into the abyss of the Self.

I agree Lisa. Misdirected talent. Ted's comment is quite funny. To be accused of self-absorption when you're complaining about self-absorption indicates a pretty serious misrecognition. I worked in the real world for 22 years before I became an academic, Ted. Everything from lorry-driver and building-site labourer to night-club doorman. That's where I think we should focus our attention - the world 'out there', rather than the world 'in here'. The new speculative realists philosophers are talking about 'the great outdoors'. Very exciting developments. A paradigm-change in philosophy. The objectivity-subjectivity dichotomy is old hat.