Week 8 Thursday 16th November

John Carey - The Intellectuals and The Masses

Points Discussed;

• It is a shame that the masses have simply accepted that the Intellectuals see themselves as 'more important'
• We questioned whether we were receiving a quality education - the modernist idea of putting literature out of the reach of the masses can be seen reflected in our education system.
• There are links between Hannah and John - both discuss Hitler, Stalin and talk about what should happen to the masses. Although Hannah is much more extreme and is not afraid to say what she really thinks.
• She finds the idea of killing people very normal which shocked us
• When Carey mentioned that the growth of the European population between 1800 - 1914 had risen from 180 million to 460 million we were also shocked to see how the intellectuals must have been fearful.