Word: rejectionism
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We are disturbed not by Lewis' rejection of this particular petition but by his disdain for the idea that petitions and other written or electronic manifestations of student opinion might have a meaningful impact on University policy. Particularly worrying is Lewis' claim that "petitions are never a good way to...
The main requirement for the beautiful loser is that society must value him, must impute virtue for no reason other than that he fails in a sincerely believed-in, preferably noble cause. When was the last time one saw that? Before the 1980s, there was a public shame attached to...
Except, of course, if you believe that a liberal arts education should be untainted by the specter of naked greed. Ostensibly, the undergraduate experience is an opportunity to contemplate life's higher questions and learn to appreciate its more refined pleasures. Admittedly, the notion that college is a time for...
Between such analyses, the book provides a compelling portrait of a young Naipaul driven by a tremendous desire to succeed, who nevertheless vacillates between prideful confidence and fear of the future. He rejects financial help from his family but must turn to them after a reckless spending spree in Spain...
"1) Absence of authority. Not the same as rejection of authority, but rather nobody knows who's in charge, like of the UN or USA or Harvard, for example. Or [absence of authority] in the story.