I’ve written a new piece about two philosophers – Raymond Geuss and the late Alasdair MacIntyre – for the Marginalia Review of Books. There’s no paywall. You can read it here:
https://www.marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/two-ships-passing-at-high-noon-alasdair-macintyre-raymond-geuss
I’ve written a piece for Cracks in Postmodernity about the decline of the academy. It’s focused around the problem of bad lecturing. More fundamentally, it’s about the inability of the university system to legitimate itself to young people. There’s no paywall. You can read it here:
https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/professors-stop-blaming-your-students
I’ve written a new piece about the state of the American university system for Sublation. You can read it here:
https://www.sublationmag.com/post/the-american-university-system-is-a-rotting-carcass
The University and College Union (UCU)–Britain’s trade union for academics–has gone on strike. The strike is about the University Superannuation Scheme (USS)’s decision to switch academics from “defined benefit” pension plans to “defined contribution” plans. As a PhD student at Cambridge I write this piece at home, having skipped a couple events I really wanted to go to today, because this strike is so important, both to academia and to the cause of working people more generally. My hope is that I can explain the strike to those who don’t know much about it and defend it to any who doubt its necessity.
The University and College Union (UCU)–Britain’s trade union for academics–has gone on strike. The strike is about the University Superannuation Scheme (USS)’s decision to switch academics from “defined benefit” pension plans to “defined contribution” plans. As a PhD student at Cambridge I write this piece at home, having skipped a couple events I really wanted to go to today, because this strike is so important, both to academia and to the cause of working people more generally. My hope is that I can explain the strike to those who don’t know much about it and defend it to any who doubt its necessity. Continue reading “The British Academic Strike is a Crucial Struggle that Must Be Won: Part I, Pensions”
Benjamin Studebaker 