Shakespeare as Intro-to-Philosophy Instructor/guide: King Lear and Kierkegaard
This lesson plan uses Shakespeare’s King Lear as a framework for introducing and considering important philosophical questions--in this case, Soren Kierkegaard’s separation of ethics, religion...
Found in Translation: Braving the Storm in King Lear, Act 2 and Kurosawa’s Ran
[Singing] He that has and a little tiny wit-- With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,-- Must make content with his fortunes fit, For...
Schema, Gaze and Examination: “The Means of Correct Training”
“Hierarchized, continuous, and functional surveillance may not be one of the great technical ‘inventions’ of the eighteenth century, but its insidious extension owed its importance...
Female (self) authorship, Jane Eyre and Foucault
Foucault begins the essay “What Is an Author?” by stating that “author,” a “notion” whose very “coming into being” constitutes the “privileged moment of individualization...
(Academic) self-care
In the spirit of academic self-care, this week my reading response will consist in a reflection on the qualifying examination preparation process we have been...