tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post7980832639455819925..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: Pedagogy of the OppressedPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-61922501562911087682009-09-25T17:14:29.053-07:002009-09-25T17:14:29.053-07:00the practice of freedom, the means by which men an...<i>the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world."</i><br /><br />The sad thing is, that's exactly what Hanson and David Horowitz would like to think they're promoting.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-77798271330201388812009-09-25T12:12:46.432-07:002009-09-25T12:12:46.432-07:00Back when I was in the Professorin' bidness, I...Back when I was in the Professorin' bidness, I read and taught Freire and Freireans all the time.<br /><br />He said: "Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world."<br /><br />We in the USoA have settled for the former, abhor even the prospect of the latter prevailing, and do everything possible to prevent it...<br /><br />A critical polis is the LAST thing the Corporats want...Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-91436598579542947262009-09-24T18:52:23.026-07:002009-09-24T18:52:23.026-07:00Gee, I was trying to recall VD Hanson's heartl...Gee, I was trying to recall VD Hanson's heartland roots, here's what they say on Wiki:<br /><br />Hanson, who is of Swedish ancestry, grew up on a family farm at Selma, in the San Joaquin Valley of California. His mother was a lawyer and judge, <b> his father an educator and college administrator. </b> Along with his older brother Nils and fraternal twin Alfred, he attended public schools and graduated from Selma High School. Hanson received his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1975[citation needed] and his Ph.D. in classics from Stanford University in 1980.<br /><br />My bolds. <br /><br />Seems the boy might have issues, and I don't mean his geographic ones. <br /><br />I guess California is closer to the "heartland" than Chicago<br /><br />Anthony McCarthy, not "Andrew"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-8961213038653421492009-09-24T14:05:31.345-07:002009-09-24T14:05:31.345-07:00It seems remarkably petty for Professor Hansen (a....It seems remarkably petty for Professor Hansen (a.k.a. Churchill for War-Mongering Dummies) to pen something like this. I would have expected his usual schtick, i.e. holding up some bleeding, yanked-out-of-context gobbet of Thucydides as the inspiration for his latest paean to the War of Civilizations.<br /><br />But here he is, trying to palm off the author's irritation with his boss and the galling fetters of political correctness as some kind of profound meditation on the Age of Obama. I'd say being such a sniveling crybaby seems at the very least rather contradictory, for such a fervent admirer of the Secret Code of Military Toughness.<br /><br />But then, about the only real amusement types like Hansen offer is the unintentionally self-revelatory nature of whatever dribbles out of their pieholes.grouchomarxistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-5292134522455889312009-09-24T09:47:08.146-07:002009-09-24T09:47:08.146-07:00The problem with the humanities is that there are ...The problem with the humanities is that there are no solid metrics for success. That is why we should abolish places like the Hoover Institution* and put up more science buildings in their place. <br /><br />*Actually, we can keep the Hoover Institution, but only because it's called the Hoover Institution.Spiny Normanhttp://spinynorman.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-62257513739160416612009-09-23T22:37:40.820-07:002009-09-23T22:37:40.820-07:00Hey, I was all with you, waving my red Hammer '...<i>Hey, I was all with you, waving my red Hammer 'n' Snickers flag and all, until you included "Civil War Studies" in the ranks of Evil Drivel.</i><br /><br />I think you may've misread me there, friend.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-75099994773757196282009-09-23T22:29:33.382-07:002009-09-23T22:29:33.382-07:00Hey, I was all with you, waving my red Hammer '...Hey, I was all with you, waving my red Hammer 'n' Snickers flag and all, until you included "Civil War Studies" in the ranks of Evil Drivel. <br /><br />c'mon. Military History is most emphatically not all of History, but it contains some useful information when properly studied. <br /><br />plus, if you do a count, the field is practically out of business. If Gettysburg College ever goes under it will probably not be taught anywhere but the military academies. <br /><br />/whine, poutxannoreply@blogger.com