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Some critical theory, some public discourse, and some general nerdiness.
 
 
   
 
Friday, April 27, 2007
 
The debate over large wind farms in local areas appears to have only two sides consisting of those who support wind energy outright and those who do not want it in their back yard. There is a third side that states that the best one can get from wind energy is to have it as decentralized and locally owned as possible. This means smaller wind turbines, energy cooperatives, and net-metering. Currently the large model of wind farms are controlled by corporations who take the energy generated away from the community that produced it and inflict a negative environmental impact.

Saturday, April 21, 2007
 
Wittgenstein both followed and criticized Freud and psychoanalysis. He believed that psychoanalysis, like language and myth, served to clarify problems rather than solve them. In that respect, psychoanalysis is not a science that revealed objective truth but a method is independent on whether there is an unconscious.

Thursday, April 19, 2007
 
In light of the tragedy at Virginia Tech, here is an article that discusses the phenomenon of the event in regards to Columbine. The event is a unique and unpredictable thing that disrupts linear time and history. After each event there will be an attempt to structure the event in order to reabsorb it into a system of meaning and power. The event is redefined in a way where those who are in power are able to make use of it for their own agenda. This was true of Columbine and September 11th, and hopefully people can be made aware of this process and resist it for Virginia Tech.

Friday, April 13, 2007
 
Sociality is the coordination of actions and relationships between people and groups in the social. It comes in four types: common sharing, equality matching, authority ranking, and market pricing. Common sharing holds certain groups as united equals in relationship with other groups, and equality matching seeks to find balance between and within groups. Authority ranking places people in unequal relationships with each other, and market pricing creates a value of common measurement for all relationships.

Wednesday, April 04, 2007
 
William James was inspired in his philosophy and studies by the experimentation of his life. He found many valuable ideas in a wide variety of texts, and used his experiences to create a foundation for his thought.

 

 
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