[Xmca-l] Re: Sledgehammers in Mosul

[mike cole]

There certainly are relevant connections between that article and the
media-ized representations of the Other, Henry.

There is a book review of Ilyenkov by David Bakhurst that speaks directly
to the discussion
of the ideal, and others of relevance to xmca concerns.

Which brings up the topic of zero-cost hi impact number academic journals
that would provide broader access to MCA contents. A topic I am happty to
leave to the next generation to solve.

mike


On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 12:04 PM, HENRY SHONERD <hshonerd@gmail.com> wrote:

> At the risk of misconstruing the issue or of boring you all, I wonder if
> the Dakota hanging narrative, from among the four abstracts Mike asked us
> to vote on is relevant here.
> Henry
>
> > On Feb 28, 2015, at 12:11 PM, mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu> wrote:,
> >
> > Shirin and Helen - Both of your remarks resonate with issues we are all
> > thinking about. It resonates strongly with the Haydi/David interchange
> that
> > David has summarized for us.
> >
> > I have been having similar thoughts regarding the destruction of the
> > Eastern Ukraine.
> >
> > Is the task to reconcile Haydi and David's views of what is to be done?
> > Both appear to require a lot of cooperative work if they are to be
> > accomplished.
> >
> > mike
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Shirin Vossoughi <
> > shirinvossoughi@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Helena,
> >> What is the message here? Does the link speak for itself and what does
> it
> >> say? I am thinking about the "cultural vandalism" of the west in Iraq
> and
> >> other parts of the region, and of the complex history (in which the US
> has
> >> played a central role) that has led to what is being depicted in this
> >> story. I do not mean to re-inscribe simplified west vs. middle east
> >> narratives, but I do want to question how we are being asked to
> interpret
> >> such acts. In this clip, as in so much media coverage of the region,
> such
> >> practices are rooted in the uniquely anti-democratic or anti-free speech
> >> tendencies of Islam. As Said famously argued, "we" are thereby exalted
> as
> >> all the more democratic and free.
> >> I wish the Western experts lamenting the destruction of artifacts in
> this
> >> clip had as loudly and boldly lamented the destruction of life in the
> >> brutal wars that led to this mess.
> >> Shirin
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Helena Worthen <
> helenaworthen@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> http://bcove.me/1yo9t5x9
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Helena Worthen
> >>> helenaworthen@gmail.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > It is the dilemma of psychology to deal as a natural science with an
> object
> > that creates history. Ernst Boesch.
>
>
>


-- 
It is the dilemma of psychology to deal as a natural science with an object
that creates history. Ernst Boesch.