Lycidas Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 Mine, like most's, is influenced by my field: Karl Marx Samuel Johnson William Empson Stephen Greenblatt
wreckofthehope Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Gah, hard.... Michel Foucault David Harvey Arjun Appadurai Raymond Williams (in the sense that I probably couldn't be doing what I'm doing without him, but I don't use him directly)
bluecheese Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 Contemporary Theory: Sara Ahmed Judith Butler Judith Halberstam Elizabeth Grosz Also, the OOO crowd... (Harman, Meillassoux, Brassier, Shaviro, etc.) "Minor" Theorists: Husserl Heidegger Merleau-Ponty Foucault Deleuze
nhswrestle Posted January 12, 2013 Posted January 12, 2013 Oh dear. Bill Brown WJT Mitchell Mary Ann Doane Miriam Hansen (I purposely left out "canonical" names like Benjamin/Foucault/Deleuze because let's face it, we *all* rely on them anyway.) What would you recommend reading as a good introduction to WJT Mitchell?
Swagato Posted January 12, 2013 Posted January 12, 2013 Iconology: Image, Text, Ideology; Picture Theory; What Do Pictures Want?
Krempel Posted January 26, 2013 Posted January 26, 2013 Levinas Marx Derrida or Žižek Giroux or Jameson
mfmill03 Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 I want my work to be it's own theory. oh so beautiful
Deadinthewater Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 I want my work to be it's own theory. Except for the wrong "its." But we all make typos. bluecheese 1
DontHate Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Except for the wrong "its." But we all make typos. I HATE MYSELF
DontHate Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 You guys, have you read this book The Defining Decade? I figure most of us are in our twenties so it applies directly to us. It may make you feel a lot better about yourself (for the wrong reasons from what the author intends). If you want to read a review of it, here's a link: http://citisociology.blogspot.com/2013/01/book-review-defining-decade.html
thestage Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) if my 20's end up defining me it's going to be a pretty sad obituary also if a book has a didactic subtitle you know it was sold in the front of the bookstore and you should walk away or else that the acronym of the (not at all) downtrodden this book purports to champion necessarily includes the word attractive is like a joke singularity if the cover of a book indicates that the author has a PhD, you know their PhD was not at all relevant to a single word contained within the book at least 'Meg Jay' (this can't be a real name) was kind enough to bake her demographic into the title "Why your twenties matter, and how to make the most of them now" Chapter 1: -because that's where you get a job -I would tell you to go to college, but it is scientifically impossible for you to have purchased this book without having already graduated. what, you thought you found this book on your own? Chapter 2: -step 1: put down this book look, I know you already went through school without learning anything, now you can buy my book and continue the process of paying money to people with PhD's in order to keep up pretenses. if at first you don't succeed (then the definition of narcissism-nee-insanity is to try try again) donthate I'm a little worried that you read this book. let's talk--as a one (uhh, two) time PhD applicant, I feel comfortable in saying that I know all the things, and I charge less than one hundred dollars an hour (in most states (for most people (tax deductible))) Edited January 28, 2013 by thestage graphgraphe, DontHate and Two Espressos 3
DontHate Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 It only took me an hour to read and it helped me procrastinate for exactly that long.
Two Espressos Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 if my 20's end up defining me it's going to be a pretty sad obituary also if a book has a didactic subtitle you know it was sold in the front of the bookstore and you should walk away or else that the acronym of the (not at all) downtrodden this book purports to champion necessarily includes the word attractive is like a joke singularity if the cover of a book indicates that the author has a PhD, you know their PhD was not at all relevant to a single word contained within the book at least 'Meg Jay' (this can't be a real name) was kind enough to bake her demographic into the title "Why your twenties matter, and how to make the most of them now" Chapter 1: -because that's where you get a job -I would tell you to go to college, but it is scientifically impossible for you to have purchased this book without having already graduated. what, you thought you found this book on your own? Chapter 2: -step 1: put down this book look, I know you already went through school without learning anything, now you can buy my book and continue the process of paying money to people with PhD's in order to not learn anything. if at first you don't succeed (then the definition of narcissism nee insanity is to try try again) donthate I'm a little worried that you read this book This is one of the funniest posts I've read on here.
thestage Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 It only took me an hour to read and it helped me procrastinate for exactly that long. it doesn't sound to me or to Dr. Meg Jay, PhD that you are doing a very good job of defining yourself right now, young lady. in the second book we have a ten point plan for you. here's a sneak peak: 1) xanax, 4) divorce, 10) tenure I think it is possible, and probably likely, that all reading is procrastination. DontHate 1
DontHate Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 I think it is possible, and probably likely, that all reading is procrastination. Unless you are reading your own self-help book, in which case i'd consider that gloating rather than procrastinating.
thestage Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 reading your own self-help book is the perfect image of the heat death of the universe smellybug 1
thestage Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) why do you want another phd, meg alt: I'M SPARTACUS Edited January 28, 2013 by thestage
DontHate Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 MEG LIKE EAT DIPLOMAS NOMNOMNOM yellow.wallpaper 1
thestage Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) I trust you will not be surprised to learn that drmegjay has a website, that this website contains a logo of her name, and that she does, in fact, "maintain a private practice" specializing in rich people (jk lol, all clinical psych Phds with private practices specialize in rich people, poor people see pill pushers MDs) and the twentysomething children of rich people. in the business we call this "leveraging your expertise". that, or criminal negligence. take your pick, really. Edited January 28, 2013 by thestage
thestage Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 MEG LIKE EAT DIPLOMAS NOMNOMNOM I wonder what the pencil is for
DontHate Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 I wonder what the pencil is for writing books, obviously
Two Espressos Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 MEG LIKE EAT DIPLOMAS NOMNOMNOM Hm, reminds me of a former professor...
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