What do you think?
Which of the humanities disciplines is the most elitist?
by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 30, 2019 6:52 PM |
OP here -- I voted for art history, btw.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 30, 2019 11:45 AM |
X Studies. If you aren't a part of our minority, you are the enemy and are personally responsible for our misery.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 30, 2019 12:11 PM |
I actually haven't found that to be the case r2 -- I know plenty of white people (including professors) in AfroAm programs and men (usually gay or "queer") in women's/gender studies
If we're going to base it on academic rigor, I'd say art history and philosophy are the most elitist. "Studies" can't really hold a candle to those fields
by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 30, 2019 12:32 PM |
Comp lit and philosophy are up there, but I actually find many philosophers down to earth
High theorists of lit departments are insufferable
by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 30, 2019 2:50 PM |
OP is correct. But OP, are you a troll? I agree that we have a serious class culture issue in academia, BUT just labeling it all as elitist does indeed play into the anti-intellectualism that is literally sucking the life force out of America. We used to worship education. WTF happened? The GOP happened.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 30, 2019 3:11 PM |
I'm in academia, r5.
Call me trollish all you want.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 30, 2019 6:25 PM |
Comp lit. By a mile. Only outdone by its evil spawn, Semiotics.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 30, 2019 6:40 PM |
r7 = DL fav Nimrod Reitman
by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 30, 2019 6:41 PM |
I took about 5 to 6 art history classes towards a bachelor's degree (not in art history). Surprisingly, I found art history to be an easy way to learn history in general. The art reflects / embodies the times. I always struggled with straight "history" classes. Art history was an easy wedge for me to learn history in general.
So, I disagree that art history is elitist.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 30, 2019 6:42 PM |
At its higher echelons (beyond the BA) it becomes increasingly elitist r9
by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 30, 2019 6:45 PM |
R10 , I'll take your word on that. I enjoyed my 100 to 300 level art history classes.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | August 30, 2019 6:48 PM |
I totally agree with you, r11. I have audited several art history classes (at both undergrad and grad level).
But I also have friends who are academics in art history, and it's brutal.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 30, 2019 6:49 PM |
The "elitist" trope is a device used by authoritarian and communist dictators to make their takeovers seem like populist revolutions by "the people."
That elitist enough four you, ya anti-intellectual troglodyte?
by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 30, 2019 6:52 PM |