This American Scholar essay by an English prof at U. Virginia is right up our alley this week. Like the hoaxsters we’re reading for Thursday, he suggests the spirit of critique and deconstruction in academia may have been taken too far in some cases. Check it out: Mark Edmundson, “Teach What You Love.”

Then if you find that interesting but want an even more esoteric and thorough critique of critique, check out this essay by one of the smartest living people on earth: Bruno Latour, “Why Has Critique Run Out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern.”

Both are calling for a positive affirmation of what we love and cherish as students and humanists.