In a message dated 98-05-02 00:24:00 EDT, you write:
<< It seems rather unfair to tar students in any
generic sense with a brush >>
i did not talk about students in general -- i spoke about my 30 or so
students. i never said they were representative -- it is you taking my
particular and makin
In a message dated 98-05-01 19:57:54 EDT, you write:
<< ..
>With the lack of sympathy by folks on this list for their economic straits,
>people should not be surprised that young people may occasionally lack
sympathy
>for other folks economic problems (as Maggie found in her classes).
>>
I
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In a message dated 98-05-01 19:57:54 EDT, you write:
<< ..
>With the lack of sympathy by folks on this list for their economic straits,
>people should not be surprised that young people may
On Fri, May 1, 1998 at 10:32:58 (-0700) Nathan Newman writes:
>...
>What is it with the youth of today?
>They just aren't as patriotic/progressive/hard-working/fill-in-the-blank as we
>were at their age.
>
>Frankly, this sort of global analysis of a generation is offensive and most of
>you would h
At 11:05 AM 5/1/98 -0500, Bill Lear wrote:
>On Wed, April 29, 1998 at 19:44:11 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes:
>>...
>>Hmm, really? My own recent tours of campuses, and conversations with
>>academics, combine to present a less pretty picture of the U.S. college
>>population. They seem, for the most p
eman
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Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 10:06PM
In a message dated 98-04-29 21:32:47 EDT, you write:
<< Hmm, really? My own recent tours of campuses, and conversations with
academics, combine to present a less pretty picture of th
On Wed, April 29, 1998 at 19:44:11 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes:
>...
>Hmm, really? My own recent tours of campuses, and conversations with
>academics, combine to present a less pretty picture of the U.S. college
>population. They seem, for the most part, poorly educated and don't seem to
>give a f
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From: William S. Lear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: David Harvey's anomie
On Wed, April 29, 1998 at 19:44:11 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes:
>I heard on Pacifica just y
In a message dated 98-04-29 21:32:47 EDT, you write:
<< Hmm, really? My own recent tours of campuses, and conversations with
academics, combine to present a less pretty picture of the U.S. college
population. They seem, for the most part, poorly educated and don't seem to
give a fuck about muc
C. Dennis,
Isn't being pro-marijuana being pro-market?
Give the people what they want.
peace
My experience teaching at Michigan State University tells me that the
distribution of social values hasn't changed much (there is still a
substantial minority of students disposed to egalitarianism and
solidarity), but ideological hegemony is virtually complete. Students
will tell me about the at
Lou's post on David Harvey struck an emotional chord with me. I confess that
when I am on an academic panel, I often find myself bored except when I am
talking -- then I make others bored. I usually find that the exchanges after the
panel are what make the experience worthwhile.
I do get charge
On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Doug Henwood wrote:
> My own recent tours of campuses, and conversations with
> academics, combine to present a less pretty picture of the U.S. college
> population. They seem, for the most part, poorly educated and don't seem to
> give a fuck about much of anything. Am I jus
Dennis R Redmond wrote:
>Or you can teach 40 or so hip hop-chanting undergrads the latest in the
>global cultural dialectic. They'll keep you honest, believe me; if you
>start preaching theory at them, they go to sleep right in front of
>you (hey, after 10,000 hours of TV, they're past masters of
I find myself increasingly drawn into the existential-political subtext of
David Harvey's "Justice, Nature & the Geography of Difference."
Although I began reading the book in order to prepare a rebuttal on the
American Indian/ecology question, I find myself deeply fascinated with the
self-portra
On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Louis Proyect wrote:
> Fortunately there is relief form this sort of existential angst. You can
> give classes on the labor movement to trade unionists like Michael Yates
> does. Or you can be the faculty adviser to American Indian undergraduates
> who organize anti-racist pr
I have begun reading David Harvey's "Justice, Nature & The Geography of
Difference" in earnest, since I have been invited to submit an article to
one of those high-toned academic journals I am always railing against. The
submission will critique Harvey's analysis of American Indians as being no
mo
Bravo!
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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