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Thinking Otherwise

Posted in September 25th, 2008

Thursday we will discuss Thinking Otherwise. We will be discussing the entire book, make sure you read the conclusion in detail as much of the earlier chapters lead to his positions in the final one. Leave your comments/thoughts here.

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Heidegger

Posted in September 18th, 2008

Post your “Question Concerning Technology” comment here. As with the Derrida work on explaining what you understood the central argument to mean, and what you were less clear on.
And for some weekend fun . . .technology changes who is “somebody.”

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Derrida-Thursday

Posted in September 13th, 2008

For Thursday read the Derrida (Archive Fever pg. 1-31, “Paper, Me” & “The Book to Come”) which is on eReserve (email me if you need the password). For your comments this week, no need to try and expand Derrida’s position, just try to explain what you took him to be saying, and what perhaps you [...]

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The Printing Press

Posted in September 5th, 2008

Thursday we will be covering The Printing Press in Early Modern Europe. Focus your reading on Part I and the final chapter. Leave your discussion questions here.
And a little humor for your weekend that Eisenstein might appreciate.

Update: Check the link at the right to access eReserves for this class. Email me for the password.

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What This Class is About

"the technical structure of the archiving archive also determines the structure of the archivable content . . . .The archivization produces as much as it records the event." -Derrida, Archive Fever