So, the fading prospect of a few dozen more kiddies quoting Locke and being able to distinguish between Mannerist and Baroque art caused our pundit and political classes to meltdown.
Of course it did.
The ANU withdrawal from the Ramsay Centre-sponsored degree in Western Civilisation was a boon to our opinionators. What could be more engaging for people focused on words, not action, than a conniption over degrees that would change nothing?
Look, I’d love to see a few degrees in Western Civilisation scattered across our university landscape.
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