Now I am coming up to the end of my second non-depressed month. I can see that part of not getting depressed is just mental health hygiene, as Clarissa says, and that includes, importantly, having resources for this and most importantly, knowing how not to internalize oppression. On the question of time, I now see … More Still more academic advice
Today I asked a Fulbright officer a question I wanted to ask over 20 years ago and got an even more positive answer than I had dreamed of getting then — had I dared to ask. I assumed that the problem I was having, that caused me to decline the Fulbright, was my problem, not … More Memories of underdevelopment
The other thing Jonathan and Clarissa do not understand about the situation of Rebecca Schuman and others is what it is like to work in a field the institution is working against. A common response to such observations is that the institution is against the humanities generally and that we are all suffering greatly. That … More Still more Schuman
To articulate what is past does not mean to recognize “how it really was.” It means to take control of a memory, as it flashes in a moment of danger. For historical materialism it is a question of holding fast to a picture of the past, just as if it had unexpectedly thrust itself, in … More Afsnit seks
I like these. Of course I cannot afford them and do not know they would fit, but I like them. As an art object, and as an alternative. Axé.
The true picture of the past whizzes by. Only as a picture, which flashes its final farewell in the moment of its recognizability, is the past to be held fast. “The truth will not run away from us” – this remark by Gottfried Keller denotes the exact place where historical materialism breaks through historicism’s picture of history. … More Afsnit fem
On YouTube. By María Berry. This is based on the biography by Jon Lee Anderson. Axé.
Seek for food and clothing first, then the Kingdom of God shall be added unto you. –Hegel, 1807 The class struggle, which is always present to a historian influenced by Marx, is a fight for the crude and material things without which no refined and spiritual things could exist. Nevertheless, it is not in the … More Afsnit fire
I have finally started cleaning my office. It is beautiful and has become more beautiful, and will be still more beautiful one day. I have meant to do this for some time but put it off, not had the energy; this evening I started to do it spontaneously. I love the books and files and … More Nouveau encore
We have not had enough music lately. Axé.
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