Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 17, No. 792.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 07:17:17 +0100
From: Ross Scaife <scaife@UKY.EDU>
Subject: Camille Paglia on image
(from the Explorator newsletter)
Begin forwarded message:
Camille Paglia has an interesting essay on the changing nature of the
'image' in modern culture:
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=12923
"The new generation, raised on TV and the personal computer but
deprived of a solid primary education, has become unmoored from the
mother ship of culture. Technology, like Kubrick's rogue computer, HAL,
is the companionable servant turned ruthless master. The ironically
self-referential or overtly politicized and jargon-ridden paradigms of
higher education, far from helping the young to cope or develop, have
worsened their vertigo and free fall."
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