THE MEANING OF TALK

摘要

This essay explores how Carey exemplified the best elements of academic life because he cared mostly about meaning, not power; about personal, not professional relationships; and about questions, not disciplinary boundaries. It suggests that the best way to honor Carey's legacy is to ignore the securing of academic turf, reputations and legacies, and instead allow the personal and professional to interpenetrate, while finding more and better ways to talk with one another.