Comments on: He doesn’t hold back his criticism https://decasia.org/academic_culture/2016/05/27/he-doesnt-hold-back-his-criticism/ critical anthropology of academic culture Tue, 23 May 2017 19:34:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.1 By: eli https://decasia.org/academic_culture/2016/05/27/he-doesnt-hold-back-his-criticism/#comment-11920 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 17:01:59 +0000 http://decasia.org/academic_culture/?p=2195#comment-11920 In reply to eric.

Sorry to reply so belatedly, and thanks for the great interpretive challenge! I tend to think I agree with your reinterpretation, on re-reading, but I have to think more about what exactly the relationship between cruelty and vulnerability consists of…

]]> By: eric https://decasia.org/academic_culture/2016/05/27/he-doesnt-hold-back-his-criticism/#comment-11891 Sun, 29 May 2016 20:29:14 +0000 http://decasia.org/academic_culture/?p=2195#comment-11891 A question of interpretation: as i was reading, what i too this person to be saying was that, just because this professor was so inspirational, so emotionally/intellectually important for the student, their criticisms would have been too difficult, and it would never have been possible to finish the thesis. the fact that this professor doesn’t mince words (as it were), is almost to the side, not so exceptional or important a characteristic as the inspiration. maybe it’s a matter of emphasis, or the meaning was clear in the larger context? but to me this passage emphasizes the relationship between inspiration and vulnerability (that last would be my gloss), more than casual cruelty.

anyway, these interview snippets are wonderful.

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