There are so many ways to start everything, so many points of entry, that I have become one of those who wants to write prefaces and prefaces to prefaces. But I think the starting point to push on for this is that DFS’ book is one of those that attributes racism — at least, the … More A starting point — or two, and a half
This is a podcast I like, and it is right on topic for me. Axé.
I’ve stopped categorizing posts or posting enough, and it has to do with a family crisis. I’ve considered announcing a hiatus or even declaring an end to the blog! But I haven’t decided yet. If you’ve followed my posts on Facebook you’ll know about the crisis, and about how it is forcing me to cure … More Des idées, yeah
I recycled my tattered copy of Atala but found in it these yellowed notes, that I will transcribe and decipher later. I see that I have always been interested in the same things. Atala: le récit. 1. LES CHASSEURS. Chactas and his father are allied with Spaniards against Muscogles (Indians). Chactas is a prisoner of … More Atala
Axé. I did not submit to this CFP, but I will be interested in the book. Campus Rebellions and Plantation Politics: Power, Privilege, and the Emancipatory Struggle in Higher Education Editors: Frank Tuitt, University of Denver Bianca C. Williams, CUNY Graduate Center Dian Squire, Iowa State University Saran Stewart, University of the West Indies, Mona … More Campus Rebellions and Plantation Politics: Power, Privilege, and the Emancipatory Struggle in Higher Education
I decided that perhaps PMLA or Profession, and not a radical education journal, are the place for that article. I realized my book title might only cover the Caribbean case. And a question I got: does my contention that race and state are a really different focus from mestizaje and nation hold together? For that … More The week’s writing report
The book I bought and then lost was Judith Shapiro, Community of Scholars. Badiou has a book or essay called “Vat is een volk?” that I should read. Michael North’s book The Baltic would be worth reading. So would Lefebvre, Marxist theory and the city. Kant’s 1764 observations on feeling; the sublime and the beautiful; … More Some random notes from earlier
I love to study, but it is hard to do when people don’t like you to. When you have no context or negative context, you have to become super-strong. The idea of defending your time leads to concentrating on your parapets, not your manuscript. I do not like the idea of shrinking. I think we … More Ideas from Arturo Arias’ article on Jean Franco in PMLA 131.3 (2016)
Here we have a very important article on the neoliberal university, that I will study, called “Contingent No More.” Related to it is the infantilization entailed in reducing citizens to consumers. This post mentions a book on advertising and persuasion, which according to Cliff Arroyo emphasizes infantilization as a key to coercion. This journal Transmodernidad, … More Mundos neoliberales
Here is Weiner’s smart and highly informative article, which does not discuss Denise Ferreira da Silva that I can see, but that is key. And here is a smart article about Fanon, “safety” and race dialogue that I must read. Not for the current paper, but in general, there is a Gwen Kirkpatrick article on … More Melissa Weiner, race, subjectivity
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