Comments on: Critical

By: Mandos

Mandos — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:05:11 +0000

Yeah, I was just needling you. For my part, I refuse to get involved in this…incompatibility except to mock the parties.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:46:43 +0000

I’m not aware of any nits picked. I am aware, however, of some silly, ill-informed things that he said. (Un)luckily for him, I was there to bring these facts to his attention. Obviously, that he mis-used ideas in a dangerous way isn’t his fault: these are commonly misused ideas. (I recall a rather dumb — or, perhaps, ill-conceived — use of the word “Straussian”.)

By: Mandos

Mandos — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:55:12 +0000

It’s possible that he clicked on a link I made to one of your posts on La Mancha and thought that, well, Craig is a common name, and *this* guy writes interesting stuff, so it can’t POSSIBLY be the same incredibly arrogant nitpicker.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:19:07 +0000

How did you get here if not by clicking a link on either Mandos’ blog or your own?

By: Ian Welsh

Ian Welsh — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:16:36 +0000

I actually didn’t make the connection between the Craigs. I do wish Craig the best of luck with his studies and I still have a soft spot in my heart for Sociology.

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 19:16:37 +0000

To the best of my knowledge, his request that I not comment on his posts still stands. I, of course, never made such a request vis a vis my own posts — and never would. Maybe Kevin’s post about the “Canadian blogosphere thriving on criticism” went straight to his heart…

By: Mandos

Mandos — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:40:04 +0000

Shall I believe my lying eyes? Do I see an Ian-Craig rapprochement? Will you two be making out anytime soon?

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 03:03:54 +0000

It’s a pretty standard list, unfortunately. The confines of the requirement make it difficult to go too far afield. Which, overall, is likely a good thing for most. The point of the list (for me, at least) is to keep it as narrow and focused as possible so as to allow the project to be completed as soon as possible. There are a number of books I haven’t read and am looking forward to (Tonnies and Simmel, especially) and a number of things I have read a number of times and am looking forward to reading again (Althusser, for instance), the point is just to get it all done and move on to greener pastures.

By: Ian Welsh

Ian Welsh — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 02:56:44 +0000

Ah, she was a prof in York’s sociology department in late nineties and your reading list and your topic sounds exactly like something she would go for is all. Just took me back to my York days. Best of luck with your research.

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 02:51:06 +0000

No, I wouldn’t. I don’t believe I’ve ever met her. Which isn’t particularly surprising. Why do you ask?