glass bead game
an activity or field of study so arcane and detached from, and with no application to, the real world that it is rendered absurd. e.g., theology, -n-lytic/linguistic philosophy.
a waste of one’s time.
refers to the recondite game studied and played in the herman hesse novel, the gl-ss bead game.
synonymous idiom: ivory tower
the theologians contemplating how many angels can fit on the head of a needle is mere gl-ss bead game.
the study of astrology is a gl-ss bead game.
postmodernist philosophy is a gl-ss bead game.
don’t waste my time with your eco-feminist gl-ss bead game.
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