A case study for the elimination of tenureship
A septuagenarian Yale professor casually poo-poos, with no supporting evidence, the hypotheses that the Sea People’s invasion were actually an internal uprising against despotism. "I think this reflects hopeful Marxist wish-fulfillment rather than any reality. That’s not what poor people have done. In history, if you look at revolutions, revolutions come typically when things are getting better and the (poor) people don’t like the fact that they don't have more than they already have." He then goes on to dismiss actual scientific evidence that climate shifts may have led to a temporary collapse of local agriculture, saying he keeps waiting for somebody to blame it on global warming. This is more like AM conservative talk radio than Ivy League education.Read full review »
heretofore1 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/28/21
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Very brilliant lessons that Teach us valuable knowledge we took for granted.
Park9322 via Apple Podcasts · South Korea · 04/30/11
What a fantastic insight into an ancient world! Mr. Kagen really paints a picture of the ancient world as an extremely sophisticated place. It is a great to see our ancestors as multi-dimensional and complex, instead of simpletons, as is often implied by the modern “Hollywood” culture.
Sanel Bećič via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 05/26/19
Great lectures. He captures so much of Greek culture and life in what appears, at first glance of the episode titles, a retelling of political and military history. He seeks not to give one names and dates; rather, he seeks to establish a cultural understand of the ancient Greeks for modern...Read full review »
Thebloodytampon via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/28/20
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