Comments on: Politics Through Pamphlets

By: oneman

oneman — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:24:03 +0000

Randolph Bourne wrote pamphlets on the state and state power. I am still in a state of partial packedness, so can’t cite with any positivity, but I think one was entitled “On Transnationalism”.

By: Rex

Rex — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 03:07:39 +0000

Everybody’s a critic. Fixed now. Thanks, Yarrow. Tad — thanks for the rec. Amazon tells me this is “David Lodge rewritten by Mikhail Bulgakov.” Rawk — I will surely check it out if there is a copy on island.

By: Yarrow

Yarrow — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 02:49:39 +0000

“a gentile, featherweight elective course”

As opposed to a Talmudic heavyweight required course?

By: Tad McIlwraith

Tad McIlwraith — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 00:51:16 +0000

Fun stuff, Rex … I really want something on there by Goffman … maybe ‘The Lecture’ from Forms of Talk. Or, if the requirement is to adhere strictly to a stand-alone publication, then what about Interaction Ritual. (Frame Analysis seems too ‘weighty’ for this class.)

And how about one of James Hynes’ three tales of tenure and terror from ‘Publish or Perish’? The 90 page (or so) text called simply ’99’ might work.

(This syllabus also reflects a concern for the increasing cost of books on student wallets. Nice consideration …)