Why we can’t abolish “best”

Posted on January 30, 2018September 3, 2019 Posted in ordinary life, professional lifeTagged communication, foreign perspective

In my email right now, there are 10,364 messages signed with American academia’s standard valediction:

Best,

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Bourdieu on UC Santa Cruz

Posted on March 24, 2017November 8, 2017 Posted in america, spaceTagged academic space, foreign perspective, isolation

I just came across Pierre Bourdieu’s curious comment on American universities and their set-apartness from society:

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