Comments for Dømmer selv! http://dommerselv.wordpress.com Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:51:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Narrating 2009 by Celucien Joseph http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/narrating-2009/#comment-138 Celucien Joseph Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:51:45 +0000 http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-138 Will you be posting a review of Badiou’s St. Paul: the Foundation of Universalism? I haven't purchased a copy yet. Will you be posting a review of Badiou’s St. Paul: the Foundation of Universalism? I haven’t purchased a copy yet.

]]> Comment on Looking ahead, tentatively by Celucien Joseph http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/looking-ahead-tentatively/#comment-137 Celucien Joseph Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:49:25 +0000 http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-137 You're going to keep yourself busy this academic year. You’re going to keep yourself busy this academic year.

]]> Comment on Narrating 2009 by Anthony Paul Smith http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/narrating-2009/#comment-136 Anthony Paul Smith Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:10:22 +0000 http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-136 Strong work Dave. It has been good watching you develop and I wish you all the best in 2010. Thanks for participating so much at AUFS and hope to see more of it in the coming year if you find the time. Strong work Dave. It has been good watching you develop and I wish you all the best in 2010. Thanks for participating so much at AUFS and hope to see more of it in the coming year if you find the time.

]]> Comment on Narrating 2009 by Robert Minto http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/narrating-2009/#comment-135 Robert Minto Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:13:54 +0000 http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-135 I appreciate this narrative. Even though it was written for your own benefit, it's inspiring for me to watch another young intellectual come to grips with the practice of directed reading. I resonate deeply with your fear that "my curiosity will lend itself to willy-nilly reading of anything and everything" --- though I think there is a place for undirected reading in the life of scholarship, especially at the outset when one is trying to decide where to specialize. The difficulty is navigating the transition between exploring the field and specializing in one subject. Anyhow, good luck with your reading, and I look forward to reading what you have to say about it. I appreciate this narrative. Even though it was written for your own benefit, it’s inspiring for me to watch another young intellectual come to grips with the practice of directed reading. I resonate deeply with your fear that “my curiosity will lend itself to willy-nilly reading of anything and everything” — though I think there is a place for undirected reading in the life of scholarship, especially at the outset when one is trying to decide where to specialize. The difficulty is navigating the transition between exploring the field and specializing in one subject. Anyhow, good luck with your reading, and I look forward to reading what you have to say about it.

]]> Comment on More on capitalism’s systemic necessities by George Mogiljansky http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/more-on-capitalisms-systemic-necessities/#comment-133 George Mogiljansky Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:37:32 +0000 http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/?p=207#comment-133 First, a nod to Jeremy. Structure is what Sect'y Paulson and others sought to restore when, admittedly, financial derivatives became both incomprehensible and 'too big to fail'. Anecdotally, this means we all work until we literally drop dead, as pension rust eats away at life savings. That one bank had to be sacrificed 'for the good' of the other banks is certainly a Biblical parallel, of sorts. It forced the remaining players to follow the new rules, after a fashion. Another nod to Dave Mesing; individualism is just a variant of existentialism. Declaration: the author has no investments in any of the above parties, but has been reading the Bible. First, a nod to Jeremy. Structure is what Sect’y Paulson and others sought to restore when, admittedly, financial derivatives became both incomprehensible and ‘too big to fail’. Anecdotally, this means we all work until we literally drop dead, as pension rust eats away at life savings.

That one bank had to be sacrificed ‘for the good’ of the other banks is certainly a Biblical parallel, of sorts. It forced the remaining players to follow the new rules, after a fashion.

Another nod to Dave Mesing; individualism is just a variant of existentialism.

Declaration: the author has no investments in any of the above parties, but has been reading the Bible.

]]> Comment on 2009 music, in retrospect by Dave Mesing http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/2009-music-in-retrospect/#comment-132 Dave Mesing Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:25:07 +0000 http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/?p=224#comment-132 No problem. I think you guys would really like St. Vincent, and of course The Mountain Goats, and the Passion Pit album is really excellent - probably should be higher than it is. I've been playing catchup over the past few days since making the list, and I can say that Neko Case's <em>Middle Cyclone</em> and Dan Deacon's <em>Bromst</em> belong on the list as well. No problem. I think you guys would really like St. Vincent, and of course The Mountain Goats, and the Passion Pit album is really excellent – probably should be higher than it is. I’ve been playing catchup over the past few days since making the list, and I can say that Neko Case’s Middle Cyclone and Dan Deacon’s Bromst belong on the list as well.

]]> Comment on Narrating 2009 by Jeremy http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/narrating-2009/#comment-130 Jeremy Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:53:26 +0000 http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-130 I would recommend you read Boer's work as I found it to be highly engaging. It's difficult to say what other works are similar to Goodchild's theology. The first one that comes to mind is Crockett's work especially Interstices of the Sublime. Definitely the best work on psychoanalysis and theology. I also enjoyed both of Jeff Robbin's books Between Faith and Thought and In Search of a Non-Dogmatic Theology (although I preferred the former). His theology bears a family resemblance to Caputo's Derridean 'weak' theology. If you're looking for something more political like Boer you might delve into the works of Eagleton or Bloch. His book Reason, Faith, and Revolution was a solid attack against Dawkins, and his work Trouble with Strangers is a study of ethics that engages the likes of Badiou, Derrida, Kant, and Kierkegaard. I want to read Boer's Criticism of Heaven series, but I have yet to find the time. I would recommend you read Boer’s work as I found it to be highly engaging. It’s difficult to say what other works are similar to Goodchild’s theology. The first one that comes to mind is Crockett’s work especially Interstices of the Sublime. Definitely the best work on psychoanalysis and theology. I also enjoyed both of Jeff Robbin’s books Between Faith and Thought and In Search of a Non-Dogmatic Theology (although I preferred the former). His theology bears a family resemblance to Caputo’s Derridean ‘weak’ theology. If you’re looking for something more political like Boer you might delve into the works of Eagleton or Bloch. His book Reason, Faith, and Revolution was a solid attack against Dawkins, and his work Trouble with Strangers is a study of ethics that engages the likes of Badiou, Derrida, Kant, and Kierkegaard. I want to read Boer’s Criticism of Heaven series, but I have yet to find the time.

]]> Comment on 2009 music, in retrospect by jamie http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/2009-music-in-retrospect/#comment-129 jamie Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:20:48 +0000 http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/?p=224#comment-129 Thanks for the post, we'll have to look these up. Jer and I can always use some good music since people here are still listening to Linkin Park and Pink... Thanks for the post, we’ll have to look these up. Jer and I can always use some good music since people here are still listening to Linkin Park and Pink…

]]> Comment on Kierkegaard quote help by Jeremy http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/kierkegaard-quote-help/#comment-128 Jeremy Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:27:20 +0000 http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/?p=243#comment-128 It appears that this quote is from Kierkegaard's Repetition. Hope that helps. It appears that this quote is from Kierkegaard’s Repetition. Hope that helps.

]]> Comment on Grad school update by Thomas J Bridges http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/grad-school-update/#comment-127 Thomas J Bridges Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:53:33 +0000 http://dommerselv.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-127 Best of luck. This is a brutal (and seemingly cruel and random) stretch of the academic journey. Best of luck. This is a brutal (and seemingly cruel and random) stretch of the academic journey.

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