Andrew Anthony
Sunday July 8, 2001
The Observer
What are we thinking of?
Gardening and cooking, mostly. True, we British were never that keen on fine
minds and big ideas, but is the intellectual in mortal danger?
....
"David Goodheart, editor of Prospect, perhaps the most demanding political
journal in Britain, argues that the diminution of intellectuals is largely a
good thing. 'It suggests a healthy lack of deference, which is the mark of a
democratic society. And it's also the result of political apathy, which can
also be seen as positive because it means there is a stable political
consensus.' "
For what it's worth ...
http://www.observer.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,518227,00.html
Robin Hamilton
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