What Is A Scholar? – Page 19 – coldhearted scientist وداد

Sur l’écriture

29/11/2014

See this, and consider it. #OccupyHE Axé.

For the next three days I will work on this project and remain rational in it, no matter who I talk to or how scary that is. I will put myself first — and putting this first IS putting myself first. For my present purposes anyone else’s irrationality is irrationality of my own that they … More Trois jours de santé

Encore une méditation

27/11/2014

Destruction came from the combination of: recriminations for being research oriented, multiple “boundary” violations, the internalization of these recriminations, the rage at the boundary violations which I turned against myself, and ultimately, the conversion of what had always been positive spaces into scenes of torture. That was the combination of elements. Condensing: boundary violations, authorities … More Encore une méditation

Ralph Waldo Emerson

23/11/2014

This is someone I should study. I must examine his categorical rejection of “imitation,” particularly of European models — an articulation of 1840s US literary nationalism. His program for self-reliance is apparently obedience to higher law. “Plinlimmon’s snake oil,” someone said in reference to Emerson. Tell me about that. Plinlimmon is a character in Melville’s … More Ralph Waldo Emerson

Luca Zingaretti on writing

15/11/2014

He has it figured out. Axé.

Disposable life

09/11/2014

Axé.

Sur Deleuze, et sur le sujet

13/10/2014

It is time to actually read Anti-Oedipus and the discussions of it from those days, in places like this. Here is my Vallejo problem: my issue is psychic invasion, and I have a visceral reaction to the idea of subject shattering. “Then that is a non-liberatory, but binding, shattering,” someone said. What is fractured subjectivity … More Sur Deleuze, et sur le sujet

Sur Cuba (et la nuit)

01/10/2014

“The dualism that emerged in Cuban ideology–between liberal constructs of patria and radical formulations of nationality–is fully investigated as a source of both national tension and competing notions of liberty, equality, and justice.” This is interesting. Meanwhile, in addition to everything else, I must remember to read online homework. I am very busy and I … More Sur Cuba (et la nuit)

C’est des tips volés

28/09/2014

12 things, none of them a real solution to anything. Mostly these are about letting myself be a “good enough teacher.” –Anonymous 1. Cancel a class. Ideally timed to a point in the term when students are cramming my office or when I know I’ll need to catch my breath. Very hard to give oneself … More C’est des tips volés