tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post3084078306629996612..comments2024-03-23T04:01:39.348-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: Intellectuals tell their storiesDan Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-31547326570121095982012-01-30T02:55:13.787-05:002012-01-30T02:55:13.787-05:00The career map seems overly restricted to academic...The career map seems overly restricted to academic careers. I think of Lewis Henry Morgan, a lawyer; Benjamin Whorf, an insurance adjuster; Louis Auchincloss, another lawyer; William Carlos Williams, also involved in insurance? Especially now that public funding for academia is declining and the Internet makes possible interaction with intellectual peers outside the ivory tower, I surmise a world in which their are more people like me, an anthropologist who found a way to make a living in advertising but remained engaged enough to publish in academic journals and with academic presses.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773254372011038005noreply@blogger.com