Created Meaning
What have been the lessons of this semester so far?
Identity, in all its forms and permutations, is a social construct rooted in physical manifestation. Gender, race, class, sexuality, knowledge: these are determined by culture, inescapably so. The individual chooses to accept or reject these identifying markers, but this is still participation, ( Read more... )
Identity, in all its forms and permutations, is a social construct rooted in physical manifestation. Gender, race, class, sexuality, knowledge: these are determined by culture, inescapably so. The individual chooses to accept or reject these identifying markers, but this is still participation, ( Read more... )
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Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know?
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2. Dearest, you, at a third the age, are every bit as perspicacious, analytically rigorous, and downright rhapsodic as Harold Bloom (without the annoying anti-populist bent). Or Norman O. Brown. We need to start working on getting you published now. Talk to profs? Independent studies? Seriously: You should be directing your own education from here on out, and publishing compelling, noteworthy works of criticism and philosophy as you do so ( ... )
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Regarding point 4, the reason I argue for hybridization is that I do believe that all of these things have this dual nature as objective and subjective construct, and I should have clarified that it's the subjective part which is beholden to culture.
As for publishing, I would love to but have no idea how one goes about doing such things. My lack of education rears its ugly head. :/
Suggestions welcome. :)
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