tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221357.post8765200855012001777..comments2023-08-28T23:06:44.654-12:00Comments on The Ruminate: University in Ruins?theswainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05919025515524894537noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221357.post-20927534601950466852011-04-03T09:47:36.275-12:002011-04-03T09:47:36.275-12:00Hi Laurence,
Thanks for the correction. I guess...Hi Laurence, <br /><br />Thanks for the correction. I guess I got the idea that he was Canadian because of not only where he taught, but that his anecdotes, analogies, and comments all pertained to the Canadian academia and US academia. But thanks for the information.theswainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05919025515524894537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221357.post-55638443549948352532011-03-25T15:43:48.515-12:002011-03-25T15:43:48.515-12:00To set the record straight: Bill Readings was Engl...To set the record straight: Bill Readings was English, not Canadian. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford (M.A., D. Phil.). At the time of his tragic death Bill was a professor at the Université de Montréal.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382207117836887244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6221357.post-78907570439577589072010-01-04T12:20:16.625-12:002010-01-04T12:20:16.625-12:00Re: "It is beginning to happen to philosophy....Re: "It is beginning to happen to philosophy....the fact that the study of classics traditionally presupposes a subject of culture: the subject that links the Greeks to nineteenth century Germany, and legitimates the nation state as the modern, rational, reconstruction of the transparent communicational community of the ancient polis."<br /><br /><br />I am not sure about the phrase &Steve Muhlbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136005762428407135noreply@blogger.com