[Xmca-l] Re: Emotion as "Sputnik"

[Anthony Barra]

Phillip,

Let's remember: a slur is not an argument.  It is, more often than not,
merely a debasing of oneself.

-Productive disagreement-

Anthony



On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 10:14 AM White, Phillip <Phillip.White@ucdenver.edu>
wrote:

> Annalisa - i was hoping that someone - preferably male - would pick up on
> the arm wrestling and find it problematic - but you have - great!
>
> there is learning connected to arm-wrestling - and it's a recursive
> performance of hetero-normative masculinity - that men use power to decide
> - that men are active participants - women as passive - on the sidelines -
> sometimes they get to stamp their feet and attempt to intervene accusing
> the men of behaving like children - regardless, whether or not the men step
> back during the moment, their rivalry is the pivot point of multiple
> western civilisation narratives.
>
> what's really disturbing is that Veresov, who had been in early childhood
> education, appears to have no grasp of male gendered sexist relationships.
>
> so yes - you're right -  this is a particular sexist lesson, and it's so
> normalised that a Vygotskian educator doesn't ever recognise it.
>
> i think that it is really important to recognise that Vygotsky's theories
> of development and learning can be applied by fascist and nazis and white
> supremacy, all forms of repression and authoritarianism.  being a
> Vygotskian doesn't automatically mean one's enlightened.
>
> i think that this is especially pertinent during these times of Black
> Lives Matter and a fascist in the White House.
>
> phillip
>
>
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