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RE: Social Critic Jacques Barzun Told Us it Would Be This Way
His idea that removing classic works from academic study has actually solidified the existing canon further and made it even more exclusive, as opposed to "democratizing" it, is especially interesting. His definition of a decadent culture also seems to have presaged the post-structuralist idea of the collapse of the meta-narrative as a period of time without shared fundamental ideals or ethics. Fascinating thinker, and wildly ahead of his time!