Foucaulf
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« on: July 01, 2011, 06:14:49 PM » |
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Two quick thoughts:
-American intellectuals are foremost pragmatic. Despite the claims that they are all "far-left", they do so because the left has provided them a method with which they can investigate their nation. There's an aversion to ideological bantering like the Europeans. It is odd that American think tanks have been dominated by the ideological conservative bunch, but it is also an example of leftist intellectuals more content to ponder their own path.
-Average Americans are pragmatists. Personal experience is enough for many to prove a point and to demonstrate a lesson for the future. Intellectuals needlessly obfuscate these experiences through critical evaluation. The American is displeased by this, especially when they end up agreeing with experience anyways.
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