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The decline of American academia in the humanities
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The replacement of great scholars with those of lesser stature in American academia, particularly in humanities departments, has been a concerning trend over the past 50 years. Some attribute this to the increasing weakness of these departments and the need for new, trendy games to play to keep things interesting.
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Linguist and professor John McWhorter speaks about the history and problems with Critical Race Theory, suggesting it emerged as a way for the humanities to find new games to play when they were increasingly weak and colleges got bored.
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Linguist and professor John McWhorter speaks about the history and problems with Critical Race Theory, suggesting it emerged as a way for the humanities to find new games to play when they were increasingly weak and colleges got bored.
ChapterThe decline of American academia in the humanities
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PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Neil Ferguson has observed that in American academia, particularly in humanities departments, great scholars who have passed away are not replaced by someone of equal stature but instead, they are replaced by someone who operates in a modern way.
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Neil Ferguson has observed that in American academia, particularly in humanities departments, great scholars who have passed away are not replaced by someone of equal stature but instead, they are replaced by someone who operates in a modern way. This is argued to be a result of hyper-specialization in academia.