Something James K.A. Smith wrote recently:
There is something gloriously quixotic about devotion to the humanities today (disciplined attention to history, close reading of texts, pursuit of truth, all with a commitment to humanism). The hungry maw of the corporate, neoliberal university chews this up and laughs.
But we’re not fiddling while Rome burns. We humanists are insistently playing the music that called us, hoping some of the younger generation learn the song.
Indeed, we’re not fiddling.
