technological-ceremony

The chapter describes the establishment and flourishing of the Academic Credit Union in Paris by 1960, a vast centralized institution that industrializes education under financial and governmental control. It highlights the shift from classical humanities to applied sciences and market-driven knowledge, the bureaucratic and commercial nature of education, and the grandiose, mechanized ceremony celebrating industrial progress and scientific achievement. The narrative critiques the loss of literary culture and the dominance of utilitarian education aligned with capitalist and state interests.