It is strange Occupying this name, coldhearted scientist, since it does not go with the blog concept — which was (a) an anonymization game, I was speaking from beyond the grave and beyond our culture, and (b) a project designed to enable myself to rise up in real life. All the names I have had … More Sondé miroir
DJ: You begin the book with a quote from Edmund Randolph, General Washington’s aide-de-camp and the country’s first Attorney General, speaking to the Constitutional Convention: “Our chief danger arises from the democratic parts of our [state] constitutions.” It should be no surprise to those well-read in American history that our founders were critics of democracy. … More On democracy in America
This is what I wrote on these matters in a post yesterday: What is it about the Freyre apologists? 1. Arrogance: they are an enlightened elite and everyone else is unsubtle. 2. Argument by authority: because of their identity they have special knowledge nobody else can have. 3. Apologetics: they have excuses for everything; only they … More Exceptionalism, nationalism, fascism, totalitarianism, identity politics, and authoritarian discourse
My classes are brilliant today because I am so well prepared and because I decided to be in a good mood — and also because I am a really good lecturer and discussion leader. The reason I am so well prepared is that I am prepared specifically, but also generally, based on years of study … More La rebelión de las masas
Once again, I like The Compleat Academic because it is realistic and does not condescend. It does not assume incompetence, and it does not recommend fear. If I were a linguist I would you go through what is mostly said to graduate students and assistant professors and study the vocabulary. It is about how you … More What I mean, #3
One of the things I like about this book is that it says teaching takes time, especially with new courses. It tells new faculty not to fault themselves if all their time is going to teaching. Then it tells you how to take research time back. This is realistic. Before I started quailing to the … More Further appreciation for the Compleat Academic
I am taking the readings and marking them up in red — a sentence in English to summarize the point of each paragraph. I am also hyperlinking the references to famous people and events the students will not have heard of to definitions and encyclopedia entries. I am PDFing these documents and loading them up … More A teaching activity I do not think I should be doing
Santa Barbara, California, from Stearns Wharf yesterday. One of the things the Brazilians kept telling me was that I had never seen an ocean or a palm tree, but I had gotten there from here. It is where I learned Portuguese, in fact. Axé.
What is is about the Freyre apologists? 1. Arrogance: they think they are an enlightened elite and everyone else is unsubtle. 2. Argument by authority: they are exceptionalists, and because of their identity they have special knowledge nobody else can have. 3. Apologetics: they have excuses for everything. 4. Projection, projective identification, or something like these: “You are an X, therefore you … More On authoritarian behavior
I like formation theory, but it is apparently criticized from the point of view of systemic racism theory. Denise da Silva is not satisfied with it because, she says, it still treats race as a thing even though the intention is the opposite. Faegin’s work looks good. He is one of my tribe: he says … More Criticism of racial formation theory
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