This is not a good time to start writing a new book
This is not a good time to start writing a new book. You have already invested so much time and resources on the book you were already writing. Now, with the political consequences of what it means to be a writer and what it means to be a writer who discusses social issues in one …
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(cross-posting) Note: Continuing humanities teaching and research after the discontinuation of grants
I do not think individual humanities work needs to stop with the removal of grants. Yes, clearly communities and community culture will be hurt. However, individuals can continue privately, to the best of their ability, and budget, share openly in the spirit of Open Access and the common good. We are called to be stewards …
Note: Idealism in an Era of Consequences
Attempting to maintain a frame of optimistic idealism seems rather heroic in this age of absolute consequences. It is not that the idea of contemplating utopia serves only as denialism is new. That has always been the case. But with stability comes the real work of getting there though continued scholarship. It is not just …
Reposting short note: Critical Thinking as Liberation Tool, Not Capitalist Maneuvering
From what I have been reading the last few months, here and there, capitalists are trying to modify critical thinking as a “soft skill” to navigate the global economy. Not to prioritize critical thinking as a primary skill to see through capitalism and understand the world as it really is. They will probably win in …
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Capitalism and Violence-Customs
There is the potential movement today for even the brightest types of democracies to normalize into a hybrid totalitarian, democracy-lite, formational violence. Of course, whether these institutions were ever true democracies to begin with should, must be questioned, but that historical mapping is beyond the scope of this present section, though not out of mind. …
Memo: Rethinking Degrowth as Resistance to Capitalism
I have had some time to rethink what Koch & Elmore wrote about Baudrillard’s elaboration on Marxist ideas and the pervasiveness of capitalism. I have two or three Baudrillard texts, but it has been so long since I have read them, I could not tell you if they discussed these issues, so keep in mind …
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