Re: Old farts and today's youth (Re: David Harvey's anomie

1998-05-02 Thread MScoleman
In a message dated 98-05-02 00:24:00 EDT, you write: It seems rather unfair to tar students in any generic sense with a brush i did not talk about students in general -- i spoke about my 30 or so students. i never said they were representative -- it is you taking my particular and making

Re: David Harvey's anomie

1998-05-01 Thread William S. Lear
On Wed, April 29, 1998 at 19:44:11 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes: ... Hmm, really? My own recent tours of campuses, and conversations with academics, combine to present a less pretty picture of the U.S. college population. They seem, for the most part, poorly educated and don't seem to give a fuck

Re: What makes a progressive student (was David Harvey's anomie)

1998-05-01 Thread Fellows, Jeffrey
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: David Harvey's anomie Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 10:06PM In a message dated 98-04-29 21:32:47 EDT, you write: Hmm, really? My own recent tours of campuses, and conversations with academics, combine to present a less pretty picture of the U.S. college population

Student attitudes (was: David Harvey's anomie)

1998-05-01 Thread Wojtek Sokolowski
At 11:05 AM 5/1/98 -0500, Bill Lear wrote: On Wed, April 29, 1998 at 19:44:11 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes: ... Hmm, really? My own recent tours of campuses, and conversations with academics, combine to present a less pretty picture of the U.S. college population. They seem, for the most part,

Old farts and today's youth (Re: David Harvey's anomie

1998-05-01 Thread Nathan Newman
-Original Message- From: William S. Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 9:12 AM Subject: Re: David Harvey's anomie On Wed, April 29, 1998 at 19:44:11 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes: I heard on Pacifica just yesterday the results

Re: Old farts and today's youth (Re: David Harvey's anomie

1998-05-01 Thread William S. Lear
On Fri, May 1, 1998 at 10:32:58 (-0700) Nathan Newman writes: ... What is it with the youth of today? They just aren't as patriotic/progressive/hard-working/fill-in-the-blank as we were at their age. Frankly, this sort of global analysis of a generation is offensive and most of you would have

Re: David Harvey's anomie

1998-04-30 Thread Peter Dorman
My experience teaching at Michigan State University tells me that the distribution of social values hasn't changed much (there is still a substantial minority of students disposed to egalitarianism and solidarity), but ideological hegemony is virtually complete. Students will tell me about the

Re: David Harvey's anomie

1998-04-30 Thread Michael Perelman
Lou's post on David Harvey struck an emotional chord with me. I confess that when I am on an academic panel, I often find myself bored except when I am talking -- then I make others bored. I usually find that the exchanges after the panel are what make the experience worthwhile. I do get

Re: David Harvey's anomie

1998-04-30 Thread Dennis R Redmond
On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Doug Henwood wrote: My own recent tours of campuses, and conversations with academics, combine to present a less pretty picture of the U.S. college population. They seem, for the most part, poorly educated and don't seem to give a fuck about much of anything. Am I just

Re: David Harvey's anomie

1998-04-30 Thread MScoleman
In a message dated 98-04-29 21:32:47 EDT, you write: Hmm, really? My own recent tours of campuses, and conversations with academics, combine to present a less pretty picture of the U.S. college population. They seem, for the most part, poorly educated and don't seem to give a fuck about much

Re: David Harvey's anomie

1998-04-30 Thread boddhisatva
C. Dennis, Isn't being pro-marijuana being pro-market? Give the people what they want. peace

Re: David Harvey's anomie

1998-04-29 Thread Doug Henwood
Dennis R Redmond wrote: Or you can teach 40 or so hip hop-chanting undergrads the latest in the global cultural dialectic. They'll keep you honest, believe me; if you start preaching theory at them, they go to sleep right in front of you (hey, after 10,000 hours of TV, they're past masters of

David Harvey's anomie, part 2

1998-04-29 Thread Louis Proyect
I find myself increasingly drawn into the existential-political subtext of David Harvey's "Justice, Nature the Geography of Difference." Although I began reading the book in order to prepare a rebuttal on the American Indian/ecology question, I find myself deeply fascinated with the

Re: David Harvey's anomie

1998-04-29 Thread Dennis R Redmond
On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Louis Proyect wrote: Fortunately there is relief form this sort of existential angst. You can give classes on the labor movement to trade unionists like Michael Yates does. Or you can be the faculty adviser to American Indian undergraduates who organize anti-racist

Re: David Harvey's anomie

1998-04-28 Thread michael
Bravo! -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

David Harvey's anomie

1998-04-28 Thread Louis Proyect
I have begun reading David Harvey's "Justice, Nature The Geography of Difference" in earnest, since I have been invited to submit an article to one of those high-toned academic journals I am always railing against. The submission will critique Harvey's analysis of American Indians as being no