Re: [xmca] mediational theories of mind: Suggestions requested

And I would presume you would include a couple of classic passages from
Marx, such as "Comment on James Mill" and section 4 of Chapter 1 of Capital
on fetishism? and perhaps Lukacs on "The Class Consciousness of the
Proletariat"? Sartre on "The Fused Group", Fanon on "Reciprocal Bases of
National Culture"? Debord on "Society of the Spectacle". What about Jane
Jacobs' "Life and Death of Great American Cities" for mediation of thinking
by buildings, town planning and forms of casual sociability?
I know these are not exactly psychology texts, but maybe some counterpoint.
Andy
At 08:56 PM 29/08/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>Lots of great suggestions. Yes, I think we have agreed about the affinity of
>toolforthoughts and mediational theories of mind.
>Yes Dewey (Hickman on "Dewey's pragmatic philosophy"?? What Snowdon? How
>about Understanding Media as an opener for
>contrast?
>mike
>
> > David
> >
> > "Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority."
> >
> > Sir Francis Bacon
> >
> >
> > On Aug 29, 2007, at 5:12 PM, Mike Cole wrote:
> >
> > Dear Xmca-ites---
> >
> > Toward the end of the month I will begin teaching a grad course on
> > mediational theories of mind.
> > I would love suggestions for interesting readings.
> > We will be looking in a sort of "mcLuhanesque" way at the affordances of
> > different kinds of mediators
> > in human action/activity/mind.
> >
> > So, language and thought
> > writing
> > film
> > music
> > tv
> > rituals
> > games
> > .........
> >
> > Starting with early 20th century writers of general familiarity to members
> > of this list, I have been thinking about including
> > such works as Cszikentmihalyi, "meaning of things," Turkle's recent
> > "evocative objects," and perhaps something on mediated
> > behavior in large groups such as "the wisdom of crowds."
> >
> > Any and all suggestions warmly welcomed. So much going on its hard to even
> > think about how to begin to think about this
> > upcoming fall!!
> >
> > mike
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