Posted by Sigismund on December 7, 2008, at 16:59:23
In reply to Re: Who is University? » rayww, posted by Dinah on December 7, 2008, at 10:43:53
>Some young people can be caught up in the glorious freedom of ideas and give their parents a bit of a surprise
Some parents felt really threatened with the 60's explosion of ideas.
Those who coped best were those who took an interest in what their kids were on about, rather than seeing them as the enemy or class traitors.
It is quite reasonable to ask a budding Marxist (to use this example) to explain (for starters) the dialectic.
Once these things are openly talked about, it may often turn out that positions need not be so polarised.
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