Should Protests Be Allowed in the Classroom?
The article discusses the debate around allowing protests in the classroom, referencing Max Weber's 1917 lecture 'Science as Vocation' and its implications for academic training and intellectual aristocracy. It explores various critiques of expertise and the role of intellectuals from different philosophical perspectives.
Max Weber's 1917 lecture 'Science as Vocation' argued that democracy has its place, but not in higher education, which should be an 'intellectual aristocracy.' Weber described the emergence of a new class of intellectual workers highly qualified by long years of training. Critics, including Antonio Gramsci and Max Horkheimer, have challenged the idea that expertise ensures moral integrity. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King Jr. also critiqued experts who rely on moralizing jargon or prioritize order over justice. The debate highlights tensions between traditional and critical intellectuals, and the role of expertise in society.
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