The Present Is Only Understandable Through The

Language, Identity And Forms Of Life Are The Terms In Which Political Demands Are Shaped And Voiced.

Because Subjects Like Literature And Art History Have No Obvious Material Pay-off, They Tend To Attract Those Who Look Askance At Capitalist Notions Of Utility. The Idea Of Doing Something Purely For The Delight Of It Has Always Rattled The Grey-bearded Guardians Of The State. Sheer Pointlessness Has Always Been A Deeply Subversive Affair.

Ideology... Is A Kind Of Contemporary Mythology, A Realm Which Has Purged Itself Of Ambiguity And Alternative Possibility.

Rousseau Ranks Among The Great Educational Theorists Of The Modern Era, Even If He Was The Last Man To Put In Charge Of A Classroom. Young Adults, He Thought, Should Be Allowed To Develop Their Capabilities In Their Distinctive Way.

All Consciousness Is Consciousness Of Something: In Thinking I Am Aware That My Thought Is 'pointing Towards' Some Object.