Camille Paglia on Q TV
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Published 2010-02-09
All Comments (21)
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I wish I had found her sooner. I just discovered Camille. She is so bold, so intelligent, and so confident. Her message is so pertinent for today. I love her wisdom.
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Every word this woman speaks, every page she has penned, every video recorded, should be backed-up and vaulted somewhere for posterity's sake - and shared repeatedly for millennia. She is absolutely brilliant.
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Holy Jesus, Paglia is a mountain of original intellectual thought.
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I keep discovering Camille Paglia as an intellectual and I am amazed every time. This video is from 2010 and she is targeting so smartly the main topics we are facing today. She is a visionary.
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I don't understand these questions. It's GOOD to expose kids to nuance, because that's life. One can teach religion as history, myth, or philosophy without saying "BELIEVE THIS."
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She has a tremendous point about the need to develop an appreciation of great art as (at least) a parallel to religious experience, rather than the chronic ennui of the sneering hordes.
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Jian Ghomeshi is a very competent interviewer. He allows Camille Paglia to expand on her very interesting ideas, and at the same time he moves the interview along. I want him back on the media!
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I had been convinced by Hitchens' arguments about religion, but then hearing this explanation of the worthiness of religion, I'm further enlightened.
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this is the slowest I've ever heard Camille speak... maybe she missed her 10th cup of coffee that day... it's nice to hear her speak when she is less manic...
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Camilles's absolutely brilliant.
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That's it!!!!! "Learning how to sneer" that is exactly what modern post secondary education has produced. Love Her!!
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How wonderful she is. Common sense, clarity, nuanced, broad and substantial view.
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I love the speed of her talk; keeps me focussed. Her ideas, here, are not "shocking" and rather to easy to accept.
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I have been an admirer of Camille since 1991! She shaped and informed my understanding of feminism and freedom since I was a teenager.
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As soon as she brought up comparative mythology I thought of Joseph Campbell - then of course she mentions his work. If you haven't heard of Joseph Campbell before, do yourself a favor and watch "The Power of Myth;" the Bill Moyers interview with him. Then read "The Hero with a Thousand Faces." You'll be glad you did.
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That was great! Camille always offers a refreshing perspective. One thing that I particularly admire is how she always talks from experience, very grounded without any blanket theories. Please Jian, if at all possible, I would love to see her back on!
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I'm an atheist and a freethinker like her and, despite I reject dogma, it's true what she said, you can see the Bible and the Koran as part of the culture of a country, part of it's art, but not like the word of God. It's amazing. We must support religion comparative in schools for win respect between us. But i don't think that secular humanism is weakness, i support it. I respect Christopher Hitchens' work, God is not Great (with its prons and cons). We need a New Enlightenment.
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What a brilliant woman. I would love an interview with Ms. Paglia and Ms. Fran Lebowitz.
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Camille's view of Hitchens reminds me of Karl Kraus's aphorism. "He who lives without inhibition is a pig. He who overcomes it is an artist." Her intellect and knowledge dwarfs Hitchens' paltry pottage.
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Such a phenomenal interview. I've watched it like 20 times, and am still impressed by her piercing, nuanced insights. She may be persona non grata in the hallowed halls of academia, but the Ivy League's loss is our gain. Great to have her back on the scene.
