Philosophy

leftofkant

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8. Neoliberalism doesn't want philosophy

Wed May 20, 2015, 05:29 PM

May 2015

I largely agree with the essay. Philosophy is central to the human experience and has the power to transform the material world. But it seems that universities and society increasingly marginalize philosophy because it is not a discipline that encourages profit-making and active business entrepreneurship. As all of society is enfolded into a neoliberal rationality that DOES encourage those things, philosophy is pushed aside.

I think it's something society will soon regret. Yes, philosophy doesn't maximize profits. But few things that make human life worth living do.

We've made a societal decision to trade the spontaneous, joyful, and ultimately meaningless radical freedom of life for profits. Alas.

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