I still say this is the best academic career guide. I know people like him but I still think Boice is condescending and infantilizing and not designed for people who already know how to read and write, and I still say that my dislike of soft writing guides like The Artist’s Way does not indicate … More The compleat academic
The Spanish Professor has wanted to give the introduction to literary studies as a course in narrative theory, but if I cut down the number of genres covered I would do poetry and the essay. My colleagues say this would never work since these are the least interesting genres to students, the ones that will … More Introducción a los estudios literarios
Esta es una verdadera curiosidad. Axé.
♦ This sketch does not justify my working title which refers to Villaverde’s “ojo conocedor” — the eye which sees race. The “discerning eye” in his text and in others is what makes one (Latin) American. Elite criollos need it so as to know with whom they are dealing; others do too, so as to know … More That Discerning Eye
Graniza tanto, como para que yo recuerde y acreciente las perlas que he recogido del hocico mismo de cada tempestad. No se vaya a secar esta lluvia. A menos que me fuese dado caer ahora para ella, o que me enterrasen mojado en el agua que surtiera de todos los fuegos. ¿Hasta dónde me alcanzará … More LXXVII
Voilà! I told you I would feel normal soon, and now I do. In Reeducation one was permanently maimed, which I did not believe, but later it seemed I might be caught in that net. But of course not. I think it really is true — I am over it. I have thought so before, … More Et voilà — et c’est vrai
I am happy again. It is possible to be eficaz. Now I will start boiling LUND down. I want to point out that Freyre appears to have derived his theories of Brazilian exceptionalism from Unamuno and Ortega y Gasset. Also, it seems that following Guimarães’ categories, I believe in “historical races.” Key phrases from Lund, … More Lund boildown for my purposes
I am sure people do not believe it but I really am pouring out las últimas gotas not just of Reeducation but of all related traumas. This blog is about to go straight-up academic and merge with the Seminario Permanente. Acabaremos but I do have one more comment on things people say about work: “Life … More On the fallacy of “life invading”
Quelqu’un nous a dit: Lund’s thesis is interesting, but its has some flaws because it understands liberalism in a XX century way. The contradiction between capitalism vs. liberalism (popular sovereignty vs. capitalist expansion) is just too reductive. During all the XIX century there were debates about popular sovereign and the legitimacy of politics and violent … More A comment on Lund
I woke up yesterday happy but terror grew as the day went on. The terror: If I do not show I am curbing my research orientation by cheerfully engaging in extra service, I will be killed. I am in a state of sin by not being oriented toward lower and intermediate level teaching and if … More Managing terror
