1) International Academics Protest at Middlesex Philosophy Closure
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/may/07/philosophy-cuts-closures-middlesex-university
Zizek, Badiou, Buter, Chomsky and 56 others philosophers protest.
2) A Classical Education, Back to the Future
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/a-classical-education-back-to-the-future/
Stanley Fish on Crisis in humanities, lower education.
There's definitely this sense that philosophy is no longer a worthy enterprise. To defend the tradition I think we should argue its application in our introduction before proceeding to the main subject matter.
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