Pierre Bourdieu – The Left Hand and the Right Hand of the State

Link to an interview with Pierre Bourdieu:

“The Left Hand and the Right Hand of the State”

 

Bonus quote:

“Today, financial crisis is a permanent state of things the reference to which legitimizes the demands to cut social spending, health care, support of culture and scientific research, in short, the dismantling of the welfare state. Is, however, this permanent crisis really an objective feature of our socio-economic life? Is it not rather one of the effects of the shift of balance in the ‘class struggle’ towards Capital . . . ?  In other words, the crisis is an ‘objective fact’ if and only if one accepts in advance as an unquestionable premise the inherent logic of Capital . . . .”

Slavoj Žižek, “Multiculturalism, or, the Cultural Logic of Multinational Capitalism”

Megan Erickson – Edutopia

Link to an article by Megan Erickson:

“Edutopia”

Bonus links: David F. Noble, “Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education,” Michael Margolis, “Brave New Universities,” Robert Abele, “The Capitalist Takeover of Higher Education,” John Dewey, Democracy and Education, Thorstein Veblen, The Higher Learning in America

Susan Milligan – The President and the Press

Link to an article by Susan Milligan:

“The President and the Press”

Bonus links: “State Department Announces New ‘Long-standing’ Policy Against Backing Coups” and Killing Hope and “Administration Sets Record for Withholding Government Files” and “Oil Imperialism and Monetary Policy” and “Fear and Loathing 40 Years Later” and “When Our Monsters Speak, TV Journalists go Deaf”