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Contrary to what we hoped, this episode was not about Dean getting his first period. Before moving on, I would like to take a moment and thank Eric Kripke – or whoever it is that makes decisions like this – for taking my concern about how ridiculous J-Pad looks seriously. He was much less purple [...]

While it is the case that I haven’t written much of interest lately, it is the case that others have written some interesting things. A brief guide: On the Palin issue: Lori Marso at Jodi Dean’s blog; Steven Shaviro; and Mikhail Emelianov at Perverse Egalitarianism. On race and the American election: John L. Jackson, Jr’s [...]

From “Conservatives Just Aren’t Into Academe, Study Finds: Divergent life choices may explain the dearth of right-wing scholars” recently posted to the Chronicle of Higher Education: The Woessners were surprised to learn that while there had been a lot of debate about politics in the classroom, not much empirical research had been done. “There are [...]

First, readers may be interested to note that I’ve created a sub-site designed as a repository of my teaching materials (limited, at this point, to course outlines). It is located at http://www.theoria.ca/teaching. Many thanks to those who provided suggestions for my reading lists. Second, “Carl Schmitt in English” has undergone another update. It is located [...]

Mary Douglas (1921-2007)