'At four my daughter was the perfect surrealist... To this day, the cat still has bits of wax in its fur from where she tried to use it to polish the floor'
Article Abstract:
Issues relating to the nature of art and the ability to separate the beliefs of the artist from the art produced are examined through the use of an examination of Philip Larkin and his work and the appearance of the surreal in everyday life. It is suggested that it is possible to approve of a work of art while disagreeing with the artists politics because the art and the politics are not the same thing and the nature of art is, in fact more elusive and difficult to pin down.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2003
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Devil's in our detail
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Issues relating to the contention that in order to survive in the new post-modern university environment, the humanities must refocus on the 'big issues'. It is argued that if the humanities are to survive in modern universities, where intellectual capital is perceived as having an exchange value and requires economic relevance, then reform is needed, with the symbolic and exchange values of knowledge being brought closer together.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2003
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'We could teach disagreement. What could be more useful in a democracy? Quite a lot actually. For a start we still don't know if Becks was unfaithful'
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An analysis of the tough job that humanities tutors face when, compared with other groups such as scientists, asked to justify their existence and prove their worth.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2004
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