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Why are there no great writers coming from wars anymore?
Why don't we have a Pynchon of the Iraq War, a Hemingway or Tim O'Brien of the Afghanistan War, a Joseph Heller of the NATO bombings in the Kosovo War (some of which intentionally targeted hospitals and kindergardens, so you would think at least one bomber pilot would be so perturbed that he writes about it)?
I like to think that one reason is the difference in education and rampant capitalism: "Sciences of the mind" (as we say in Germany) like philosophy, literature, art etc are thought of as inferior or idealistic nowawdays. They can't be utililized for profit or a tangible benefit for work/production like maths, engineering, natural sciences etc can.
What do you think?
#entertainment
Why don't we have a Pynchon of the Iraq War, a Hemingway or Tim O'Brien of the Afghanistan War, a Joseph Heller of the NATO bombings in the Kosovo War (some of which intentionally targeted hospitals and kindergardens, so you would think at least one bomber pilot would be so perturbed that he writes about it)?
I like to think that one reason is the difference in education and rampant capitalism: "Sciences of the mind" (as we say in Germany) like philosophy, literature, art etc are thought of as inferior or idealistic nowawdays. They can't be utililized for profit or a tangible benefit for work/production like maths, engineering, natural sciences etc can.
What do you think?
#entertainment
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