December 2010
24 posts
The Crisis of the American Intellectual →
dachesterfrench:
From the article:
“Almost everywhere one looks in American intellectual institutions there is a hypertrophy of the theoretical, galloping credentialism and a withering of the real. In literature, critics and theoreticians erect increasingly complex structures of interpretation and reflection – while the general audience for good literature diminishes from year to year. We...
The Grind Haus: ABC's: Phobias →
beautilation:
Atelophobia: fear of imperfection
Belonephobia: fear of “pins and needles” sensation
Chronophobia: fear of time
Deipnophobia: fear of dinner conversations
Euphobia: fear of hearing good news
Francophobia: fear of French people
Gnosiophobia: fear of knowledge
H…
