Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Theorist!
In the annual bitchathon about who the graduation speaker is, this time we've got political theorist Benjamin Barber.
Barber, a professor at University of Maryland, is best known for his book "Jihad vs. McWorld," a groundbreaking analysis of ethnic nationalism against global consumerism.
*sigh*. It's amazing what passes for groundbreaking these days. Especially when such groundbreaking work it can't be described accurately by a newspaper. It's an analysis of A against B? What does that even mean? Isn't it an analysis of the conflict between A and B?
"Most seniors are trying to figure out who he is," said Camille Llanes, president of the Californians, the student arm of the California Alumni Association, which selected Barber. "But when I tell them he's a political theorist they get pretty excited."
President of the Californians! I thought it was Arnie. Anyway, the seniors Camille has been talking to must be pretty fucking insane. They were excited that he was a political theorist? What is a "political theorist"? Is it any different from "professional whiner"?
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