tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054687761317646645.post3854895183814927000..comments2019-04-06T15:26:53.597-04:00Comments on The Culture Wars.: Intellectual Culture.m.a.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08662030747760941919noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054687761317646645.post-30434181832183023152008-01-20T23:26:00.000-05:002008-01-20T23:26:00.000-05:00Too true, Airam.Too true, Airam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054687761317646645.post-60000128699187923242008-01-20T20:43:00.000-05:002008-01-20T20:43:00.000-05:00Smart people are hot BY FAR.Smart people are hot BY FAR.Airamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06193964394693579433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054687761317646645.post-74643350534080561212008-01-19T21:50:00.000-05:002008-01-19T21:50:00.000-05:00SB, You are right. Intellectuals can sometimes be ...SB, You are right. Intellectuals can sometimes be the worst douchebags of all. And yes, being smart is supersexy. Look at you!<BR/><BR/>Megarita, You know that I love old discussions and dichotomies. I think that there are so many types of intellectuals on the planet, but I really dislike it when people can't seem to summon up an interest in anything. <BR/><BR/>ALOT, Once you started in with Marx and Capitalism, I had a flashback to a Marxism/post Marxism class that I took, and I had to read the Grudrisse(sp), and all I remember knowing is that I will never really understand his take on big C Capital or little c captial. ;)m.a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08662030747760941919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054687761317646645.post-85401663347395101532008-01-19T18:55:00.000-05:002008-01-19T18:55:00.000-05:00On the 'intellectual' issue, perhaps an intellectu...On the 'intellectual' issue, perhaps an intellectual is someone who wants (needs, can't stand not) to keep learning, keep finding out about things, keep understanding things, keep seeing things in different ways. The love of learning?<BR/><BR/>On the 'knowing' issue, one sense of 'knowing' is the existence of something. I guess my use of 'understanding' is also a form of knowing, but extends beyond recognizing the existence of something to thinking, distilling, processing. For example, we know that Marx was all about critiquing capitalism, but does that mean we all understand Marx and his take on capitalism?a little of this, a little of that...https://www.blogger.com/profile/15228060374364296659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054687761317646645.post-38061789108224770832008-01-19T10:10:00.000-05:002008-01-19T10:10:00.000-05:00HA! Cuff made me laugh. I wonder about "intellectu...HA! Cuff made me laugh. <BR/><BR/>I wonder about "intellectual" as a term. Academics? Sometimes intellectuals, sometimes not. Smart folks? Well-read folks? Or is it a value system, something against which the "nerd" factor plays? The life of the mind, so to speak? Contemplative versus active? Makes the discussion feel old, doesn't it? Yet this alleged binary still plagues us.<BR/><BR/>And there are beautiful minds, but there are not always beautiful people associated with them, at least in my experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054687761317646645.post-31525582332599423932008-01-18T19:19:00.000-05:002008-01-18T19:19:00.000-05:001) smart is super sexy... that said non-intellectu...1) smart is super sexy... <BR/>that said non-intellectuals dont have exclusive rights to douchebag behavior...<BR/><BR/>2)i really believe that the playing fields are leveling out - not quite level yet..but it seems to be moving in the right direction at a slow but steady pace.. <BR/><BR/>third..nope ...:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054687761317646645.post-5037668836366352972008-01-18T15:17:00.001-05:002008-01-18T15:17:00.001-05:00Dexter, darling. I agree. And yes, men are really ...Dexter, darling. I agree. And yes, men are really excellent at being big mouths.<BR/><BR/>Alot, Of course they are to you. You must be some sort of academic then. And pomo's a dirty word around these parts. Well, most of the time.<BR/><BR/>I guess both you and I need to think about a definition of what it means to know something, right?<BR/><BR/>Cuff,<BR/><BR/>Disingenuous? Well, I never! ;)m.a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08662030747760941919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054687761317646645.post-64217159727879603482008-01-18T12:13:00.000-05:002008-01-18T12:13:00.000-05:00We live in an extremely anti-intellectual society,...We live in an extremely anti-intellectual society, so I'm glad you're so positive about being an intellectual. As for your questions, 1) no, sometimes they're just assholes 2) men certainly get more leeway for being smart and cocky, and 3) don't be so disingenuous.cshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14117846384130187926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054687761317646645.post-91983314408292361902008-01-18T11:35:00.000-05:002008-01-18T11:35:00.000-05:001. Well, they are to me.2. Some of most confident ...1. Well, they are to me.<BR/><BR/>2. Some of most confident men that I've encountered in academia have been extremely insecure. Confidence became a facade for their own self-doubts of how intellectually competent they were (if they were at all). <BR/><BR/>3. Are you stuck in a pomo phase?<BR/><BR/>I appreciate another point you make in your post - knowing something and understanding something are two different things. I contend that pure intellectuals are more concerned with understanding how things or ideas work and what they mean, rather than merely knowing that things or ideas are out there.a little of this, a little of that...https://www.blogger.com/profile/15228060374364296659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054687761317646645.post-8655225242780983342008-01-18T00:50:00.000-05:002008-01-18T00:50:00.000-05:001. Intelligence is an attractive attribute. 2. Men...1. Intelligence is an attractive attribute.<BR/> <BR/>2. Men are raised in a society that encourages their confidence [more so than women]. This probably has something to do with expectations. But, there are loud intellectuals and quiet intellectuals. And, quiet confidence almost always trumps loud braggadocio. That being said, I think men are better at being big-mouths. <BR/><BR/>3. I don’t suspect you ever unlearned the art of writing coherently.Dexter Colthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029661219242000332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054687761317646645.post-18910938551104522142008-01-18T00:49:00.000-05:002008-01-18T00:49:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dexter Colthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029661219242000332noreply@blogger.com