“Why elites need to listen to the margins”, Indian Express, April 4, 2024:
“I enjoyed reading the interaction with Harvard professor Michael Sandel moderated by Anant Goenka and Aakash Joshi. I agree with Sandel’s well-articulated views but I am not sure whether these editorial pages are imbued with Sandel’s political philosophy.
Clearly, the debate needs greater awareness and intensity.
Let’s start with the lament of some intellectuals on these pages suggesting that people who win elections are ignoring them and their views. Could it be that the philosophical discussions these people are having reside in the clouds? In other words, is this intellectualism disconnected from reality?
Philosophy, especially political, belongs to the street in cities and villages where citizens gather and debate issues relevant to the common good leading to a just (not utopian) society.
The correct question is not whether the people who are winning elections are listening to intellectuals but whether, as Sandel said, are the intellectuals listening to the “people”?…..”
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