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...arose primarily from supervisors saying: 'I can't allow a student to work on this topic because of the rules and it makes no sense,'" he said...
...notion that students might be somehow discontented at Harvard is not a particularly radical idea. Nor is it worthwhile to pursue the topic without refining such vague generalizations. Still, Purdy's remarks may be illuminating when placed in the broader context offered by his recent book, For Common Things: Irony, Trust and Commitment in America Today...
...future is there for the professionals? But the source of the man's strength is no secret. It is that he speaks plain English with none of the circuitous posturing and preening of public officials, who cannot give you the time of day without saying that time is a topic of great concern to them, as it is to all Americans, and that they have long devoted themselves to finding a solution for the chronic problem of time shortage. Governor Ventura just says it's 12 o'clock...
Hodge has not read Purdy carefully enough to express himself coherently on the topic, but one senses that Hodge's criticism is built upon umbrage at the fact that For Common Things, at its heart, is not about intellectual arguments but rather about Jedediah Purdy's passionate hopes. The instance of an idealist is offensive and risible to the ironic mind that can not stand to see ideals expressed or fulfilled: "our being human," writes Purdy, "has become a strong argument against cleaving to demanding values, or respecting them in others." One can sense in Hodge the resentfulness born...
This was the main topic on the agenda last Wednesday in Washington...