Critical theory, critical culture, & postmodern humanism
At a certain point in the summer of 1982, my tummy began to hurt. That’s when I realized that I somatize stress in my stomach. The source of my stress? The CUNY Summer Latin Institute. Phonology. Morphology. Syntax. Grammar. Vocabulary. Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – Day 1 minus 11
In June 1982, I began studying Latin at the CUNY Latin/Greek Institute, a beyond-the-intensive course where students are in class from 8:30am to 3:30pm, Monday through Friday, for ten weeks. In June 2012, thirty years later, I will begin teaching Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – Day 1 minus 12
In a nutshell: A new report on US Education Reform and National Security offers familiar criticisms that reflect not only the biases but also the political and commercial interests of the task force members. The new report, by Joel I. Continue reading Public Schools: National Security Threat?
In a nutshell: As we think about the transformative potential of aesthetic experience, the capacity for aesthetic self-transformation, and any pedagogy based on these convictions, we need to consider the role of the imagination as a concept once highly valued, Continue reading Revaluing the Imagination
In a nutshell: Two decades after the Culture Wars, has humanism slipped behind an Iron Curtain? Advocates of a values-free academy would have us teach the humanities minus the ongoing confrontation with freedom and justice that veritably defines the humanistic Continue reading Pedagogy & the Iron Curtain of Humanism