Loooong, interesting scholarly piece on using a "real" Socratic method approach to Cultural Studies. I am not claiming that if Socrates were alive today, he would be writing a weekly column for TV Guide . But I do believe that he would be interrogating filmmakers and TV scriptwriters in the marketplace of Hollywood, just as he once did the poets and other artisans in the marketplace of Athens. Socrates never knew where philosophy might take him, but he always knew where to begin. The Art in the Popular (Wilson Quartely Summer 2001) (Thanks to L for the link)