
226: Peter Boghossian: Is the university worth saving?
The Brendan O'Neill Show
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The Turning Point in the Discussion of the Problem at Universities
I actually think we're at a bit of a turning point in relation to this discussion about the problem at universities. I have some problems with what people are proposing to do about it, so I want to just put some of those to you. There is no question at all that we need to study and I've said this since the Greenham Studies affair when we talked about it extensively. The banning of certain departments or activist academia could lend itself to a new culture of intolerance. We know that public policy is based upon these pronouncements, these quote unquote, knowledges. What is the alternative to banning those? Do we set up a parallel infrastructure where we have the best legitimate methods
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