015. The Meritocracy -- William Deresiewicz
Everyday Anarchism8 Joulu 2021

015. The Meritocracy -- William Deresiewicz

This week's episode is the first of several episodes about how colleges and universities have abandoned their core mission - the collaborative search for truth - in favor of, well, something else. My guest for this episode is William Deresiewicz, author of Excellent Sheep, The Death of the Artist, and the landmark essay ""Don't Send Your Kid to the Ivy League." Bill and I discuss the meritocracy and the damage it is doing to our students, our colleges, and our political institutions. We also discuss the way that the meritocratic language around "diversity" obscures the actual problems and solutions for social and political justice in higher education.

Next week's episode is about anarchism and Christmas. I highly recommend that you read "An Anarchist Guide to Christmas" by Ruth Kinna, covering the similarities between Kropotkin and Santa Claus, in advance of my conversation with Ruth about Santa and anarchism.

As always, you can find me at https://www.everydayanarchism.com/

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139. Hill's The World Turned Upside Down -- Ann Hughes (English Revolution)

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138. Debt Discussion 10, Debt in the Middle Ages with Eleanor Janega

138. Debt Discussion 10, Debt in the Middle Ages with Eleanor Janega

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137. Mao and Anarchism -- Karl Gerth

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136. Graeber's Debt Chapter 10: The Middle Ages

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In Graeber's middle ages, empires fell apart while temples and monasteries kept everything together with metaphysical debt. Oh, and Europe isn't very important.Eleanor Janega returns later this month ...

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135. Graeber's Debt Chapter 9: The Axial Age

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134. Debt Discussion 9, the Axial Age with John Weisweiler

134. Debt Discussion 9, the Axial Age with John Weisweiler

In this episode in my series on Graeber's Debt, I'm joined by John Weisweiler to discuss Chapter 9, "The Axial Age." John and I discuss Graeber's insights into the relationship between money, debt, an...

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133. 3rd Anniversary Episode! -- Ruth Kinna

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132. Debt Discussion 8, Cycles of History with Luke Kemp

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