070 - Howard Zinn on Social Disengagement (The Social Role of The Intellectual)

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Episode #70 - Howard Zinn on Social Disengagement (The Social Role of The Intellectual)

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⌚ Sat 7 July 2001  ☻Howard Zinn

Download Hour1 Download Hour2This week, a combined Labor Day and back to school special. Historian Howard Zinn critiques the social role of intellectual workers, teachers, journalists and scholars, and lampoons the notions of objectivity and disengagement so often held up as ideals for intellectual workers. This posture of disengagement has social consequences, which he encourages his audience to consider.

The talk is funny as well as informative, so sit back and enjoy.
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