Gerard’s ultimate subject, however, is genocide of the human spirit—including in Gerard’s own domain of academia. Learning, once intended to be a process of enlightenment, becomes a tool of self-blinding and a mandate of darkness. Liberation to think new thoughts is replaced by the prohibition of thinking beyond ideologically tolerable limits. Education “produces” products, product lines, productivity and repetition (as opposed to reflection) in a compliant “workforce.”
From preface to
Nathan Gerard
Winnicott and Labor’s Eclipse of life
How my heart sings 