29 March 2010

Ramblings

Economics is about VALUE.

Politics is about POWER.

But VALUE is not necessarily always all about POWER.

POWER always means power OVER something, doesn't it?

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23 March 2010

Zizek on "The Hurt Locker"

"In its very invisibility, ideology is here, more than ever: we are there, with our boys, identifying with their fear and anguish instead of questioning what they are doing there."

Zizek on "The Hurt Locker."

Maybe so.

But I don't even think this film was good enough to actually be theorised about. (Joke).

19 March 2010

The World's 20 Worst Universities

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/the-big-question-is-britains-international-ranking-in-higher-education-likely-to-fall-1923665.html

"Is "Britain"'s international ranking in higher education likely to fall?"

What ranking? For a start, Cambridge and Oxford STILL give out FAKE DEGREES.

The Independent today published a list of the "world's 20 best universities" - see link above.

I think these universities are probably the world's 20 worst universities.
And I reserve my right to make this comment seeing as it is probably just as absurd as saying they are the world's 20 best universities.

This shows breathtaking Anglo-American cultural imperialism and arrogance.

I do of course see some signs of evidence to the contrary.

Now that such places are ENTIRELY fee-paying - they are liable to be not concerned with anything much other than the student's ability to pay.

They are like International "finishing schools"....