Ania Lian (ania@lingua.arts.uq.edu.au)
Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:17:43 +1000 (EST)
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:17:43 +1000 (EST) From: Ania Lian <ania@lingua.arts.uq.edu.au> Subject: Re: educational politics
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On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Muhammad Betz wrote:
> "Who paid for your Ph.D.?" is my first question. If paid by
> existing finances, such as inheritance, you might go far into elitist
> status. If you worked proletarian type jobs to finance your Ph.D., then you
> will continue your post-doctoral work in the shadow of the educational
> bourgeoisie.
> However, I do suspect that
> elitism in higher education is based on this premise rather than one's
> ideological persuasion, or any corrupt cabal. Corruption is not the sole
> property of any social distinction.
I think that elitism is often underlied by a very common logic of things
based on logic which is avialable everywhere (hence the monopoly factor)
and hence "understood" by all. In fact to be a part of the elite is to be
a part of the majority. While non-elitism is informed by a less common
logic, or in this sense, more elitist logic available only to those who
had been lucky to get a chance to go beyond the common. To be a part of
non-elite, it is to be a part of minority....
Ania Lian
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