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Originally Posted by Ben Thornton
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Really? I think that defining this is problematic. Academia seems to have moved, in many areas at least, to a post-modernist position where the idea of a "correct" view of facts is suspect, never mind values (not that I agree with them, but that seems to be a consensus in many areas). Looking more broadly, is the social consensus what sells, what people read? So, is Dan Brown great literature, in terms of the social consensus? What collective opinion are you thinking of, that "certainly" exists? If it's the traditional view of what constitutes good literature, I'm not sure that this coincides with a social consensus.
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not problematic at all. I'm just stating the fact there is a social opinion in the popular world as well as the academic world which may or may not agree with any individual opinion.