Category: Cultural Critics
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Is China a Collectivist Society or an Atomized One?
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Is China a collectivist society or an atomized one? As I was reading through various academic papers, I noticed some scholars still describe China as a collectivist society, while others have already picked up on its growing atomization. On online forums and insightful blogs, it’s rare to find anyone still clinging to the label of…
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The Dysfunctional Communication Between Academia and Public
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The American public has a long history of distrusting universities, but the congressional hearings at Harvard, MIT, and Penn State have unfortunately taken that distrust to new heights. The three presidents were criticized for their overly lawyerly and nerdy responses. It is also easy to see a source of distrust in this incident. The dominant…