Third world literary and cultural criticism, Gyan Prakash…and DISPOSITIO

…was a SAQ issue important to me at one time. I cited it. Now we can see it all online. I had kept it for a piece on C. L. R. James, but it’s the Layoun article I cited and ought to reread. Online, though, now. I had kept Social Text 49 (1996) because it … More Third world literary and cultural criticism, Gyan Prakash…and DISPOSITIO

On the self as a business enterprise

Consider the difference between the neoliberal vs. the social-democratic self. This may be key to many things including current problems in university governance. Related is Bromwich’s 2021 column on current buzzwords (of neoliberalism). I don’t like Bromwich because he’s as slippery as the language he criticizes, claiming our interest in Ukraine is cleverly diverting attention … More On the self as a business enterprise