07.04. 2007

Murjottavat humanistit

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jussi @ 16:01

Humanisten tieteiden perusvire on pessimistinen murjottaminen, kun taas luonontieteitä luonnehtii innokas uteliaisuus. Stereotypioita ehkä, mutta mielenkiintoista tekstiä kirjailija Ian McEwan Independentin haastattelussa suoltaa yhtä kaikki.

McEwan, who shadowed a leading neurosurgeon while researching Saturday, likes the company and outlook of scientists as an antidote to lazy arts-faculty despair. “Among cultural intellectuals, pessimism is the style,” he says with a tinge of scorn. “You’re not a paid-up member unless you’re gloomy.

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