Nothing
is so unworthy of a civilized nation as allowing itself to be governed without
opposition by an irresponsible clique that has yielded to base instinct. --Die
Weiße Rose| What is THIS page about? |
Nothing
is so unworthy of a civilized nation as allowing itself to be governed without
opposition by an irresponsible clique that has yielded to base instinct. --Die
Weiße Rose
| This
page is about you. More
importantly, it's about your research
project. This is the beginning of a series of links.
You ask a fair question: "Hey- mebbe the world sucks. But whaddya gonna do?" Fair question. If I could tell you "whaddya gonna do," I would be able to predict the future. What I CAN do is play the spirit of other times. Before you were born. Before I was born. They were young. Like you are now. Like I was once (and yes- I DO remember). This is what they did. |
What does this have to do with writing? Another fair question. This is about "situating yourself within a text." This is about hearing the voices from another time and relating it to your own time and text (intertextuality), specifically: what we are learning from the Lasn text. Use the text, thoughts. images and MEMES you encounter to: acquire ideas- articulate them using a process of your own design- and then tell me...what ARE you going to do? About what? That's the question I want YOU to answer. |
My
father fought a war against
the fascists five miles above Europe before I was born. I had
high school friends whose names are on a long black wall in Washington D.C..
I took my kids to see that wall. I touched the names. I promised them (my kids/
the names/ my father): I will not let it happen to YOU. Let WHAT happen to you?
YOU tell ME: use ALL your CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS... and tell me:
