I couldn't help but think of Kenneth Clark as I read this text of the 33nd Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. The author argues that the traditional cornerstones of the humanities, history and philosophy, ought to be replaced by the arts. "Such studies," argues the author, "establish in human beings a sense of cultural patrimony." Well, maybe, but why does there have to be a cornerstone, and why does there have to be authorities to tell us what our culture is? Via ArtsJournal.
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