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Women standing and speaking vs. sitting down and shutting up. Is this a contemporary example of what Zizek discusses? Continue reading

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Schedule 2.1 6 Jan The Public Sphere, an Encyclopedia Article 11 Jan Calhoun Public analysis due 20 Jan Habermas, TSTOTPS I, II 25 Jan TSTOTPS III, IV 27 Jan TSTOTPS, V, VI 1 Feb TSTOTPS, VII 3 Feb Habermas wrapup 8 Feb Foster, The Boarding School 10 Feb Kant, “What is Enlightenment?” Hayden Discursive Community paper due. 15 Feb Midterm distributed/ Habermas “Further thoughts” (in Calhoun)Daniels 17 Feb Greenberg, “Avant-Garde and Kitsch” Dallam 22 Feb *Fraser, “Rethinking the Public Sphere” Baker 24 Feb *Zaret, “Religion, Science and Printing” Tate 1 Mar Warner, Res Publica Jones 3 Mar Warner, Mass Public/Mass... Continue reading

As an initial and rough stab at a possible illustration/extension of what Dillon discusses in TGOF in contemporary terms, consider these two items: 1) NSFW. Urbandictionary.com defines it as an acronym for "Not Safe For Work. Used to describe Internet content generally inappropriate for the typical workplace, i.e., would not be acceptable in the presence of your boss and colleagues (as opposed to SFW, Safe For Work)." 2) From 30 Rock:Tracy: Before I made it in stand up, I was a bucket drummer in the subway. Liz: That’s not a real job. Tracy: Oh yeah? Then how come I got... Continue reading

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"Public figures increasingly take on the function of concretizing that fantasmic body image, or in other words, actualizing the otherwise indeterminate image of the people." -Michael Warner, "The Mass Public and the Mass Subject," in Habermas and the Public Sphere, edited by Craig Calhoun (Cambridge, MIT Press, 1992), p. 388. Continue reading

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All poor Beaker wants to do is perform a meepy rendition of the Kansas classic “Dust in the Wind,” but anonymous YouTube comment bullies are making it very difficult for him to concentrate: Can we understand/explain this with what we've read so far? Continue reading

With family in the pickle business, I was interested and amused when I started seeing people on Facebook joining a group called "Can this pickle get more fans than Nickleback?" The answer, it seems, is yes. Nickelback is a widely reviled Canadian hard rock band, and it appears that someone thought it would be funny to see if a pickle could get more fans, thereby demonstrating how sucky Nickelback is. Given the nature of what Carles calls the "meme economy," it's not surprising that it's quickly spread, notably, (at least among my FB friends) to "Can this poodle wearing a... Continue reading

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I think this video raises some significant questions: <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7w96UR79TBw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/7w96UR79TBw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> 12 Arrested at Irvine for Disrupting Israeli Ambassador's Talk Authorities arrested 12 people Monday at the University of California at Irvine for repeatedly disrupting a lecture by Michael Oren, the Israeli ambassador to the United States, The Orange County Register reported. Oren was interrupted 10 times by shouting from the audience, at one point taking a break and asking the audience for hospitality. Michael Drake, chancellor at Irvine, told the audience he was embarrassed -- and he... Continue reading

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