The Dangers of Romanticizing The Liberal Arts - Problems with Dark Academia and Aesthetics

A video essay about the problems of aesthetics and dark academia, and how they're discouraging students from receiving the real values of studying the liberal arts.

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A few sources on Jacques Derrida:
An event, Perhaps (Peter Salmon's biography on Jacques Derrida, which is also a brilliant introduction to his philosophy): https://www.versobooks.com/books/3916...
Derrida for Beginners by Jim Powell: https://www.forbeginnersbooks.com/der...
The 2002 documentary on Derrida:
   • Derrida Belgeseli (2002)  
Lovers of Philosophy by Warren Ward (the last chapter): https://warrenkward.com/

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Chapters:
1: Introduction: 00:00
2: What Derrida had against Seinfeld: 01:17
3: Expectations vs reality of studying the Liberal Arts: 04:02
4: Influencers are not professors: 08:51
5: Conclusion: finding joy in the Liberal Arts: 16:00