As someone who seriously considered going into academia in the humanities, but didn't because it seemed like a grim hellscape
o7 comrade
That seems to be the case for a lot of things. I'm starting to think this capitalism thing may not be all it's cracked up to be
But there capitalism is the end of history, even if it was bad it would be not possible to change it, so told prophet Fukuyama (prophet Hegel tried it a few centuries before with Prussian monarchy but seems to have been slightly wrong).
It's interesting because the nepotism isn't full on, in my experience, at the beginning.
Professors want to accept graduate students who are good, hardworking, smart - because they need publications and unsuitable candidates won't do it. Many positions are given to friends kids, but there is actually a certain amount of merit to the decisions.
However; then the nepotism starts for real.
Academics want their students to succeed because they expand their network of collaborators, and having successful graduate students increases their own prestige.
Also, be prepared for the last stretch. Like a marathon, it's the hardest part. After you finish the research, writing up is extremely demotivating. But do it!
Do you think work experience is more beneficial than advanced studies?
Is there anyone who you think should consider getting a Ph.D?
Would you recommend getting a masters, or is it a better idea hiring a dominatrix to punish me if I don't read fast enough?
Are there any humanities with job prospects in the university still? Like, I've heard cultural resource management has more openings that other stuff.
also so-called “digital humanities” where you do humanities but use big data.
Oh god fuck that so much. Some things shouldn't be measured.
however if you wanna hang out for a few years reading books and having usually a very decent insurance then it’s an option
This sounds nice tbh.
Interesting stuff. Shame you couldn’t see it through to the end but you need to do what makes you happy in the end
surely pursuing higher education in economics in the US will be different... right?
yeah... I was hoping to get something outside that like The New School, but that's a super-expensive private school
you could always look for other "heterodox" economics programs in the US, since that's the term for any economics program that does any level of political economy
I have not, because I hadn't heard anything about economic anthropology until just now Definitely seem like good options
Read some and figure out if you like it. David Graeber and Anna Tsing are big names right now (both are anarchists). Marshal Sahlins was the big name 10 years ago (he was a marxist). The heavy tomes you'd have to read are Capital and The Great Transformation.
Damn, that sucks. I was mad getting stuck in a STEM field Ph.D. program for 7+ years. Can't imagine if, on top of all this bullshit, I was going into debt rather than just getting paid a lower amount than another job.
I was unironically radicalized by a secretly commie Prof teaching an obscure class at an obscure school.
You're doing god's work :sankara-salute:
I was radicalized by my first grade teacher who would read the newspaper to us with a heavy lefty skew.
Philosophy can be in demand, if you do Analytic-school Epistemology/Ontology/Logic (for STEM-y jobs) or Ethics (especially if you want to go into EU policy and have a focused field like bioethics) The combination of rigour in thought, some technical ability, and the actual ability to write like a functioning human being are really useful.
Source: have hired 2 Philosophy post-grads.
I know the chud “academia is all Marxist critical theory pushers” is straight fear mongering but do you have any direct examples to counter the BS they say?
So you are a very expert of neomarxism, the only thing they teach in humanities, right?
