Is a New Report About the Humanities ‘Diabolically Evil’? We Questioned Its Authors. (opens in new tab)

See pdf in papers. I do think there are reasons for wanting the university to represent the intellectual diversity of the society in which it operates. One of those reasons is pragmatic: It’ll give us a wider base of support, and we need support to do our work. We want people to trust us with their children and their money, both from the government and from private philanthropy. So it is important not to look like we are a separate social group pursuing its own interests. One way to do that i...