Very amusing Diver Dan. The illusion to James Burnham. Kudos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burnham

Good points by Christian Gonzalez but perhaps Richard Hanania's argument "that the Great Books are not worth reading" comes from a place of woke communist ideology wanting to destroy the past- common at universities.

There's no need to analyse Hanania's argument when it can perhaps be explained easily by modern university woke communist corruption- little wonder that universities are more and more held in contempt by normal people.

There was a presentation recently about the way research is conducted in the so called modern era along with the gatekeepers that guard entry into authoritarian academia. The conclusion seemed to be that prospective gatekeepers should lie to the gatekeepers until they obtain the position of power.

Someone talked about the seven academic papers in seven years rule to obtain gatekeeper status.

diver dan,
is no culture still a culture ?

Individ..

No culture is no place to hide.

No culture is also no status: No status is the position of a slave.

Rent slaves, debt slaves, are a couple of common positions of the worthless.

No financial ability to nurture family, another red flag!

No culture- Nihilism- just as Dostoyevsky said.

A Point of View: The writer who foresaw the rise of the totalitarian state- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30129713

http://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/9C9F995D2CF17ED39D30EC5412F1204D/S0037677900134874a.pdf/dostoevskys_the_devils_and_the_antinihilist_novel.pdf

Sorry illusion should be allusion.