Stephen D. Williams wrote: > Pseudo-Intellectual Anti-Intellectualism (PIAI)? > > Just because someone calls themselves an intellectual, is associated > with a position or environment thought to be intellectual, or is called > intellectual with whatever motive, doesn't mean that they are an
That's not to deny the existence of pseudo intellectuals I hope? Like most of the hangers on / fringe of any "hotbed" of intellectualism? The people who don't do much else than walk the walk and talk the talk? Spouting the same jargon and wearing the standard "uniform" of whichever place it is - tweeds and a pipe for oxford, or jhola + kurta JNU campus style, or "wear kanchipuram silks, a huge bindi and wave your hands around in expressive bharatnatyam gestures" that characterizes the culture vulture hangers on at Kalakshetra ... Big difference between that, and actually having / expressing ideas.
