Discipline Societies vs. Control Societies
Foucault’s introduction to Deleuze’s Anti-Oedipus, and Deleuze’s short review of Foucault’s work in “Postscript on the Societies of Control” in October serve as examples for...
Industrial Happiness
Creating an environment at work that supports a positive, bridge-building culture drives success in a way that is infectious and cumulative. Positive broadcasters are able...
The Reputation of a Woman: Female (Self) Authorship, Journaling, and the Rise of the Epistolary Novel
“Remember, my dear Evelina, nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of...
Habermas’s Rise of the Public Sphere: “News Paper” & Novel Consumerism in 18th Century England
Solely by the act of translating Habermas, and in articulating “why now?” for multiple rhetorical spheres/readerships, this translation in its introduction (1) sets itself up...
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...