Javier Padilla
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Charles Peck Jr deposited A Deeper Dimension” Einstein, Pargament, Wong, Heschel – Albert Einstein: “It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense!” Heschel – “Essential to human thought is not only… symbolization but awareness of the i in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoHeschel refers to a “deeper knowledge” and observes that “what is we cannot say.” Heschel states about the ineffable aspect of consciousness which is beyond conscious expression: “Essential to human thought is not only the technique of symbolization but also the awareness of the ineffable. In every mind there is an enormous store of not-knowi…[Read more]
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Seo-Young Chu deposited Dystopian Surface, Utopian Dream: Wittman Ah Sing foresees postethnic humanity in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months ago“Dystopian Surface, Utopian Dream” examines the postethnic and the posthuman in fiction by Maxine Hong Kingston, Octavia Butler, and Isaac Asimov.
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Seo-Young Chu deposited Dystopian Surface, Utopian Dream: Wittman Ah Sing foresees postethnic humanity in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months ago“Dystopian Surface, Utopian Dream” examines the postethnic and the posthuman in fiction by Maxine Hong Kingston, Octavia Butler, and Isaac Asimov.
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Alberto Ribas-Casasayas started the topic Call for abstracts: Promises and Perils of the Psychedelic Renaissance in the discussion
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoPromises and Perils of the Psychedelic Renaissance: A Critical Perspective from the Humanities
A seminar proposal for the ACLA in Montréal, Canada, March 14th to 17th, 2024. Description below.
Organized by Alberto Ribas-Casasayas (Santa Clara University) and Ana Luengo (San Francisco State University)
Inquiries: a…[Read more]
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Michelle Bastian deposited Is ‘long term thinking’ a trap?: Chronowashing, temporal narcissism and the time machines of racism in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoIn this provocation, I investigate the notion of long term thinking, as a notion of ‘sustaining time’, which identifies failures in dominant conceptions of time and proposes an alternative that is thought to be better suited for responding to current environmental crises. Drawing on close analyses of two examples, I argue for a deeper und…[Read more]
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