Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 09:37:39 -0800 From: Jeanne Curran <jeannecurran-AT-habermas.org> Subject: Re: HAB: Brave New Conditionality I'm jeanne. And I've been lurking over the HAB list for the last week or so, wanting very much to participate, but very much aware of the need to get two new courses together before school starts. But when mattP. mentioned that his was a critical sociology approach, I had to gather my courage and introduce myself. I'm a sociologist, with a specific interest in critical theory. And I presently belong to the academy. My hesitation to speak until now was based on my not being a philosopher. My primary interest is in teaching non-traditional (meaning wide age range, poor, and people of color) undergraduate students to participate in scholarly discourse such as I've been reading on the HAB list. I knew I had to write when I read Ken's response to matt this morning: "Ken [playfully I hope] accuses me of plagiarism." "Did not! If that had been the case I surely would have invoked Augustine's arguments without mention of Zizek. ; )" I had just put up a file on Augustine on Friday, had a Zizek reader sitting here at my computer to put up a short piece on that, and had been discussing Habermas and the Other with a Susan and Mac on e-mail. Much of this is captured on our site, where we've been recording and trying to teach academic discourse. Please, Ken and matt, may I include your last exchange on that site, so that our students can see the patterns they are following as similar to yours? Right down to the emoticons! And how exciting it would be for them, as it was for me, to see that we sometimes even talk about the same people and issues, albeit at a more concrete and less sophisticated level. As soon as I finish the syllabi and the site materials, I hope I'll find enough time to follow the debates more closely. Meanwhile, thanks for the inspiration. jeanne Jeanne Curran, Ph.D., Esq. Professor of Sociology California State University, Dominguez Hills Member, California State Bar http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas At 09:13 AM 1/13/2001 -0500, you wrote: >On Sat, 13 Jan 2001 11:13:26 matthew piscioneri <mpiscioneri-AT-hotmail.com> >wrote: > > > Ken [playfully I hope] accuses me of plagiarism. > >Did not! If that had been the case I surely would have invoked Augustine's >arguments without mention of Zizek. ; ) > >ken > > > > --- from list habermas-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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