Fifteen Diseases of the Roman Curia
In his Christmas greetings, Pope Francis named fifteen diseases which weaken the body of the Curia. While reading the papal address I was immediately reminded of our ongoing conversations and inquiry...
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We recall what Foucault drew out from Baudelaire's reflection on and characterization of Constantin Guys as the painter of modern life, his close attention to the depravity of the human animal combined...
View Articleexclusion
Two poles of exclusion: ostracism and pariah-ness. There has been a multi year effort in our department to ostracism the most senior and productive faculty. As this is illegal and as the most senior...
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Teaching Foucault's "Savoir et Pouvoir" strangely translated as "truth and power," I realized that Berkeley students would have no idea of what the hegemony of the French Communist Party and Marxism...
View ArticleMilitant petit bourgeois
Thirty years ago, Leo Lowenthal, last member of the original Frankfurt School, remarked to me concerning some colleagues that they were: militantly petit-bourgeois. They sought to be respectable. They...
View Articlerestriction
Admissions to graduate school used to be done in a Saturday meeting by the whole faculty. In recent years this democratic and collegial procedure has been stripped down and finally eliminated. Some...
View Articlethe most grievous weight to bend your back
You shall leave everything you love most dearly: that is the arrow that the bow of exile shoots first. You are to know the bitter taste read more
View ArticleLittle Foxes and Trespass
אֶֽחֱזוּ־לָ֙נוּ֙ שֽׁוּעָלִ֔ים שֽׁוּעָלִ֥ים קְטַנִּ֖ים מְחַבְּלִ֣ים כְּרָמִ֑ים וּכְרָמֵ֖ינוּ סְמָדַֽר׃(Song of Songs 2.15)read more
View ArticleExcellent sheep
A much praised graduate student in anthropology, attended the first labinar session. People from five different disciplines introduced themselves and what they were working on. A brief introduction to...
View Articleminor vices: series
Series: Double-bind⇒reproach ⇒ self-justification We have explored double binds from time to time. We have noted that they are almost always saturated with unequal power relations. We remarked that...
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