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Ken Wolfson wrote a new blog post The (Re)Birth of a Nation in the group American Studies: 7 years, 3 months ago
I’m not sure if anyone has posted about a certain film that premiered during this semester and carries massive cultural implications in our current, racially charged climate. Since we’ve somehow not mentioned it […]
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Ken Wolfson edited the blog post Scapegoats, Morrison, and how a paradise can be ruined. in the group American Studies: 7 years, 3 months ago
Today I read a pair of blogposts and attached articles analyzing Toni Morrison/Paradiso that I felt would go together wonderfully.
The first was by Hannah, and included this article describing in Zhizekian terms how tyrants create their oppressive regimes. To summarize: the tyrants create an evil other, which they give responsibility for al…[Read more]
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Ken Wolfson edited the blog post SPOILERS Connections Between Dante and Morrison: The World Soul in the group American Studies: 7 years, 4 months ago
During our group discussions on Thursday, my group attempted to find concepts that would form a connection between Toni Morrison and Dante for them to even have a discourse, and left rather unsatisfied with the […]
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Ken Wolfson wrote a new blog post Dante and Florence in the group American Studies: 7 years, 5 months ago
While researching Dante and the Paradiso (I’m also taking Poetry and Cosmology, which employs Paradiso,) I stumbled upon some very amusing historical information that might give context to Toni Morrison’s […]
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Ken Wolfson edited the blog post On Single Stories and The Sabotage of American Education in the group American Studies: 7 years, 5 months ago
After watching Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk about the dangers of the single story, and reading Hannah’s blogpost, I can’t help but think of the education profession in this country. My mother’s a fourth g […]
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Ken Wolfson wrote a new blog post On Grief in the group American Studies: 7 years, 6 months ago
Unlike Sarah, I didn’t find A Mercy’s twist ending to be a happy surprise. I feel that the ending summarized the themes of grief that strike through every facet of the novel. Floren’s character has been bent ar […]
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Ken Wolfson edited the blog post Tony Morrison on Black Oppression and Cynicism in the group American Studies: 7 years, 6 months ago
After our discussion of racism and reading on the first day of class, I did some research on Toni Morrison and her views on slavery. I came across this guardian article on her views. I paid particular attention to the part on her critique of American history. I say that in the second chapter, Morrison makes a statement on the reasons behind th…[Read more]
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Ken Wolfson joined the group American Studies 7 years, 7 months ago
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Ken Wolfson wrote a new post on the site Open Humanities 8 years, 3 months ago
For today’s blog we’re going to compare Sigmund Freud’s religious views to those of the previous authors we’ve studied in HUM 2. Freud had an atheistic world view, and said that religion was an expression of […]
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Ken Wolfson joined the group Open Humanities 8 years, 4 months ago
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Ken Wolfson became a registered member 8 years, 4 months ago