Studies in the Humanities articles from June 2006

Studies in the Humanities archives from June 2006

Beyond the knowledge factory: a review of David B. Downing's The Knowledge Contract: Politics and Paradigms in the Academic Workplace.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Literally as well as metaphorically, the man accustomed to inverting lenses has undergone a revolutionary transformation of vision. Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions This commodity does not produce the physical...

A brief conversation with David B. Downing.( academic capitalism)(Interview)
June 1, 2006... Steven Wexler: If it's okay with you, David, I'd like to begin with a big question. The Knowledge Contract presents itself as a critique of the corporate university (the title reads "Politics and Paradigms in the Academic Workplace") yet the...

An intellectual portrait of Edward Said's humanism, criticism, and politics: interview with R. Radhakrishnan.(Interview)
June 1, 2006... Yang (for Lingyan Yang): Good morning, Radha. Radhakrishnan (for R. Radhakrishnan): Good morning, Lingyan. Yang: Thank you very much for giving the stimulating talk yesterday on "Edward Said's Politics of Humanism" to the faculty and...

Women, war, and other big jokes.(Naomi Weisstein)
June 1, 2006... In the early 1970s, with the surge of Second Wave feminism rising, the women's movement in the U. S. was by any measure an important force. Not the least of its accomplishments was its ability to generate new communities, new publications, and...

The politics of allusion: Brave New World and The Debates About Biotechnologies.(Author abstract)
June 1, 2006... Most people in these discussions are only interested in knowing: Are you for it or are you against it? I'm interested mostly in understanding what it means, and what its full human import is, both for good and bad. --Dr. Leon Kass, Chair...

Imagining murderous mothers: male spectatorship and the American slasher film.
June 1, 2006... During the production of his independent slasher film, A Nightmare on Elm Street (US, 1984), director Wes Craven was forced to make alterations to his script when real-life events overlapped too much with his tale. A police investigation into...

Myron Tuman. Melville's Gay Father and the Knot of Filicidal Desire: On Men and Their Demons.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Myron Tuman. Melville's Gay Father and the Knot of Filicidal Desire: On Men and Their Demons. Cybereditions. 2005. 142 pages. Paper $22.95. In Melville's short tale "Benito Cereno," a disturbing moment comes when Captain Delano first walks...