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The Greater Humanities. School of Athens, Raphael, 1510-1511 Posted by kind permission of James Clifford, this is the text of a talk he delivered at “The University We Are For,” a conference organized by David Theo Goldberg and Wendy Brown at UC Berkeley (11/5/10). The Berkeley forum is webcast here and the UC Irvine version can be viewed here.
“The University We Are For.” The context, created by David Theo Goldberg and Wendy Brown exhorts us to look past our complaints about what’s happening to the University. No kvetching–something we’re all too good at, these days. We have permission to be un-ambivalently for something (more than just settling for what we can get): it’s OK to think big, to be utopian, for fifteen minutes. That’s how I see the assignment. Not too long ago, I was the Humanities Divisional representative on a search committee for a new UCSC campus provost. But I was stuck on the numbers. A personal note. The Greater Humanities are 1) interpretive 2) realist 3) historical 4) ethico-political. 1. Economics focus: Fiscal fundamentalists.
Dark City: London in the 30s « The Library Time Machine. There was another London, before clean air, before the Blitz, before post-war reconstruction. It was a night time London. It was a city of alleys lit by dim lamps. Grand but mysterious arches leading to dark halls and obscure institutions. Secret squares. Forbidding locked doors in isolated precincts Deserted paths. Cyclopean columns. Deserted back streets. Gardens you should never enter. Cul-de-sacs in which someone is waiting for you. Dark alleys, barred windows. There is an occasional welcoming light indicating a place of refuge and a waiting getaway car. A few signs of a new order. But in most of the city the dark rules. To a place of ancient brickworks, hoping for refuge or an exit. Just walk into the light. “Are you a lucky little lady in the City of Light? Pictures from London Night – John Morrison and Harold Burkedin 1934 Quotation from Jim Morrison 1971 Postscript Quite a few people have looked at this post, rather more than I imagined. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 13. 14. 15.
The secret US lobbyists behind Police and Crime Commissioner election. How to Meditate - Guided Meditation. How to Meditate- Siri Mangalo.