George Steiner on How To Reform The Humanities?

‘Universitas?’ Part III. Read Steiner’s full lecture in Becoming Human Is an Art: nexus-instituu...
In our times, there are still educational institutions which call themselves universities. But do they still have a claim to universitas, the all-encompassing ideal of knowledge which the West inherited from Athens and Rome? In an unequalled indictment of the spirit of our times, George Steiner, world-renowned literary scholar and cultural critic, lectures modern universities. His criticism contains an exhortation to us all.

[@USER-jo7yz]

The broad knowledge has been limited by the process of specialisation. Archimedes and Leonardo have practiced exactly the opposite!

[@miguelclarkeottovonbismarck]

Do you read any Robert A. Heinlein?

[@wlrlel]

A bit weird to take them as examples...as they were absolute anomalies.

[@USER-jo7yz]

@@wlrlel Does it bother you to seek heigh intelligent examples than boring conventional ones?

[@wlrlel]

@@USER-jo7yz no. But if we are talking about the education of the masses, we have to be aware of the fact that from a specific point, the higher these heights get, the more people will completely fail, will lack motivation and intelligence. Actually, what our schools are trying to do is indeed to give knowledge in so many fields - and the students tend to forget all the useless stuff e. g. in chemistry within a short amount of time, and after years, they have learnt nearly nothing. That's the reality of trying to build the next universal minds.

[@HeritageInmoshun]

where can I watch the full speech?

[@vincenzoditoma5757]

This mas is sorely missed...

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